After the play opened, the tent fell silent. Everyone watched the play seriously. The night is getting deeper, and the first scene is finally finished singing, and there is another one next, which is the Palace of Eternal Life.

Yao Duran was a little tired, it was difficult to sleep after changing places in the East Palace in the past few days, and he was tired from time to time, and he couldn't hold on until this time, so he got up and said goodbye, and left after a polite salute.

The night was like water, and Lu Yan helped Yao Duran to walk back slowly, and after walking for a while, a male voice suddenly came from behind him: "Mrs. Qiao stays." ”

Yao Duran looked back and saw Huo Jingcheng standing behind him in the night, his handsome face revealing nobility and unpredictability under the mottled moon shadow.

"I heard that Mrs. Qiao resigned today and wants to leave the East Palace?" He asked.

Yao Duran said frankly: "Yes, the concubine wants to leave." However, His Royal Highness can rest assured that the concubine will not let her husband know about the princess's mansion, and please ask His Royal Highness to allow the concubine to go back. ”

He approached step by step, and said, "Stand down." ”

When Lu Yan heard this, he obediently retreated.

He stopped in front of her and said, "The cane wound on your back can't be erased without half a month, although you won't tell him, can you guarantee that he won't touch you for half a month?" ”

When Yao Duran heard this, his ears suddenly became hot, and he was speechless.

Seeing this, Huo Jingcheng said, "Mrs. Qiao is a smart person, she should understand that it will not be good for him if this matter is known to Fengzhi. So, it's best to return to Zhao completely, isn't it? ”

Yao Duran said: "It will take some days for the injury to heal, and the concubine is unwilling to disturb, and secondly, she does not want to leave someone to talk to." ”

"What handle? Do you take those gossip seriously? Huo Jingcheng asked.

Yao Duran shook his head: "The concubine is not serious, I am afraid that others will take it seriously." ”

Huo Jingcheng chuckled lightly and said, "Who is the other person?" As far as you're concerned, as long as Qiao Fengzhi is not serious, everyone else is insignificant, isn't it? ”

Yao Duran lowered his eyes and said, "No, Your Highness, the concubine is also afraid of bringing disaster to you." ”

When Huo Jingcheng heard this, his handsome eyes suddenly lit up: "What you said is true?" ”

Yao Duran nodded lightly: "Your Highness has saved the concubine twice, and this kindness is remembered by the concubine, and I dare not forget it for a moment." Although the concubine has nothing to repay, she can't bring disaster to His Highness. ”

I see, based on kindness. The brilliance in Huo Jingcheng's eyes dimmed little by little, and he said lightly: "What you are worried about is nothing more than King Cheng, right?" ”

Yao Duran nodded.

Huo Jingcheng smiled meaninglessly: "Don't be afraid. Yao Duran, do you think that if the middle palace is abolished, the main hall will be crumbling? Scold! The main hall will not be easily defeated. Take the matter of his father promoting Qiao Fengzhi and scolding Princess Roufu this time, do you know the real reason behind this? ”

Yao Duran's heart suddenly became complicated: "This ......"

Huo Jingcheng smiled faintly and said, "Everyone thinks that Qiao Fengzhi is the first disciple of my Nanqian, and he is also a disciple of the main hall, so my father is so elevated." In fact, this is only one thing, and the second is that the father is still trying to balance the situation. ”

"The situation?"

"Not bad." Huo Jingcheng said slowly: "The Middle Palace was abolished, and everyone was speculating whether the East Palace would be implicated. At this time, if the father and emperor moved the people in the East Palace, they would confirm their guesses and make those who had a heart ready to move. In order to prevent his party from thinking about wrongdoing, his father did not punish Qiao Fengzhi of the East Palace Party. Do you understand? ”

Yao Duran suddenly realized, it turned out that there was such a reason behind this, Emperor Qian actually valued the East Palace so much......

"The concubine understood. Since His Royal Highness is not at ease, then the concubine will wait for the injury to heal before going home, thank Your Highness and the crown princess for taking care of her for a lot, and the concubine will retire. Yao Duran saluted and turned to leave.

"Mrs. Joe!" Huo Jingcheng suddenly spoke.

Yao Duran stopped and looked back: "Does Your Highness have any other orders?" ”

Huo Jingcheng slowly approached, and said in a slow tone: "The matter of your miscarriage, as well as the matter of the princess's mansion being responsible, this palace is ashamed and does not live with you." ”

Yao Duran felt a bitterness in his heart, but after all, he said in a light tone: "It's okay, Your Highness doesn't have to be like this." ”

Huo Jingcheng wanted to say something, but he was speechless, so he had to say, "Okay, go back and recuperate." ”

Yao Duran gave a salute and turned to leave.

Lu Yan stepped forward to help her, and after walking out, Lu Yan hesitated: "Madam, what did Your Highness tell you to avoid the slave and maid?" ”

Before Yao Duran could speak, someone suddenly interjected in the night: "Yes, Concubine Qiao is also wondering, Mrs. Qiao might as well tell Concubine Ben, what confidential things did His Highness talk to Mrs. Qiao?" ”

When the master and servant heard this, they followed the sound and looked over, only to see that Concubine Ling had walked out of the mottled shadows of the trees. She looked straight at Yao Duran with a pair of beautiful eyes, with a sneer on the corner of her lips.

"The concubine has seen the side concubine." Yao Duran saluted. She had already arrived, but she didn't tell her to be flat, but circled around her with great interest, and said in a casual tone: "Mrs. Qiao is really good at dancing with long sleeves?" Sending his own maidservants to hook up with King Cheng, and his own son to hook up with His Royal Highness the Prince, is this to include all His Majesty's sons? ”

Yao Duran flattened herself and said lightly: "Concubine Niangniang, there is a folk saying, don't talk nonsense when you eat and drink." The side concubine Niangniang is the favorite concubine of His Royal Highness, so she can't incur trouble for His Royal Highness without words. ”

"Huh! What a virtuous and virtuous Mrs. Joe. The concubine asked you, why did you follow His Highness to the East Palace for no reason? Still living in peace? I just had a secret meeting with His Highness in the garden, what kind of heart are you? Concubine Ling's beautiful eyes looked at her like knives and asked.

Yao Duran was speechless. Huo Jingcheng blocked the news well, and now even his concubine doesn't know about her being beaten in the princess's mansion, so what can she say?

"The side concubine is too worried, it is the princess Niangniang who specially asked the concubine to come as a companion, if the concubine has any objections, you can go to the princess to negotiate. The concubine retired. Yao Duran said, and left with Lu Yan bypassing her.

"Yao Duran!" Concubine Ling said viciously behind her, "You'd better come from where you came from and go back to where you come from as soon as possible!" You are an official wife, everyone knows! If you still want to make a little face, go back early, not everyone can occupy one acre and three points of land in the East Palace! ”

"What the side concubine taught is that the concubine will retire." Yao Duran walked again, and gradually distanced himself from the green herm, disappearing from Concubine Ling's jealous and hateful sight.

After returning to the side hall, Yao Duran was upset and irritable, and suddenly lost control of his emotions and smashed the teacup on the table, and said angrily with tears in his eyes: "Lu Yan, in this world, except for one Fengzhi, is there really no one to tolerate me?" What the hell did I do to make them do this to me one by one! ”

Lu Yan was also uncomfortable in his heart, and while cleaning up the debris on the ground, he said: "Madam, calm down, this is in the Crown Princess's Wuhua Palace, and it is quiet at night, so don't spread such a movement." ”

Yao Duran gasped lightly and calmed down, sat on the bed, and said weakly: "Take a bath and apply the medicine, wipe it early and come back early." ”

In the following days, Yao Duran closed his door and never left Wuhua Palace again. She declined many invitations from the crown princess's side, such as enjoying flowers, listening to plays, boating on the lake, and so on. After living in Qingqing for another ten days, Lu Qi said that the wound on her back had healed, leaving only faint traces, which could not be noticed without looking closely.

Yao Duran breathed a sigh of relief and came to the princess's bedroom again to ask for her resignation.

The incense lingers in the hall, and the heart is quiet when you smell it. The crown princess was looking at her son Linti on the desk, this son was about nine years old, he was Huo Jingcheng's eldest son, named Huo Yizheng, born fair-skinned and handsome, with good manners and manners, and he was already quite a gentleman at a young age.

When the crown princess saw her coming, she put down her pen with a smile and said to her son, "Yi Zheng, you go down first." Go back and practice more, Liu Gongquan's style of writing is charming and vigorous, and the regular script is mostly introduced to the willow body, and the face body is used to see the work, you are only getting started, and then write the face character after practicing the willow character. ”

Huo Yizheng saluted the crown princess in a proper manner: "What my mother said is that my son will retire." ”

When passing by Yao Duran's side, Huo Yizheng also made a gesture at her before leaving.

The crown princess walked towards her with a smile: "Mrs. Qiao is finally willing to come out today?" ”

Yao Duran smiled lightly: "Niangniang, the concubine's injuries have healed, so I specially came to ask for my resignation." ”

"I see." The crown princess said, pulled her to sit down on the edge of the bed, and said: "Come, let the concubine take a look at your injuries, and give you some elixir to remove scars, such a bright skin can't be scarred." ”

Yao Duran listened, obediently untied his clothes, revealing a snow-white beautiful back. The crown princess looked at it carefully for a while and said, "It's not in the way, and some more scar removal medicine will definitely not leave half a trace." Concubine Ben will let people go to get the elixir of scarring, and you can apply it for another three or five days and then come back. ”

"Mother's ......"

The crown princess interrupted her and said to herself: "By the way, Qiao Shangshu has been coming to the East Palace to see you these days, why don't you just ask Qin An to send a letter and invite Qiao Shangshu to come to the mansion to play a few games with His Royal Highness." You can see each other, and you can feel at ease with each other. ”

When Yao Duran heard this, she felt helpless for a while, the crown princess still didn't let go, why was her way home so difficult?

In the afternoon, Qiao Fengzhi was really invited to the East Palace and played chess with Huo Jingcheng in the pavilion in the garden.

After the end of the first game, Huo Jingcheng said: "Fengzhi, you absent-minded, when can you win the main hall?" Don't worry, the crown princess and Mrs. Qiao will come in a while. ”

Qiao Fengzhi was pierced of his heart, so he simply smiled calmly: "Your Highness, in addition to the power of the country, the most worrying thing for men is women, and it is a blessing to have a loved companion in my life." When she sees her heart, she is at ease, but when she doesn't see her heart, she panics, she laughs and the sky is clear, and if she cries, her heart is cold. It's like not seeing you for a day, like every three autumns. ”

Huo Jingcheng raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes full of incredulity: "According to what you say, uh, this hall is an analogy, what if she dies?" You're not alive anymore? ”

Seeing him look like this, Qiao Fengzhi laughed, but instead of answering, he asked, "I don't believe that His Highness has not had such feelings." ”

Huo Jingcheng also smiled, lightly dropped a son on the chessboard, and said: "Probably this is the so-called scarcity is expensive, this hall will only be entangled by women now, at home, outside, everyone is waiting, some have to lose their temper and cry nose, and some even coax and deceive and don't let you go, hey." ”