In the Heart Nourishing Palace, the ambergris incense is quiet and faint, and this fragrant boutique that calms the heart and mind cannot soothe the thousands of thoughts of the two people in the hall at this moment.

The ice cubes placed in the main hall to cool down the heat are dripping with droplets, and they happen to step on the heartbeat rhythm of Qingxi. She looked at the emperor intently and resolutely, and every inch of skin on her face seemed to express the master's attitude of never retreating.

Xiao Zhe's heart shook slightly, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "Before Liulang left Beijing, he specially told me that you don't like restraint, so I don't want to control the Hengwang Mansion too much." He didn't even want to involve you too much with the Ling family. My son, I understand that he will not agree to your advice. Besides, I and Rokuro are sure of this matter, and we don't need you to ......."

The corners of Qingxi's mouth twitched slightly, and before the emperor finished speaking, he grabbed Bai and said, "Cheng Zhan really said so?" ”

Xiao Zhe's half-open mouth didn't close for a while, his face was pale, and he wrung his eyebrows and asked, "Do you know Liulang's words?" ”

Over the years, Rokuro's expression has never been called. And he had never heard of Rokuro allowing anyone to call his cousin.

"Yes, Your Highness allowed me to call him Cheng Zhan in private." Qingxi deliberately bit the word "Chengzhan" clearly and truly.

Xiao Zhe shook his head slightly, and looked up slightly at the outside of the hall, his eyes were long and long, as if he had fallen into some kind of memory.

Qingxi didn't care about it, and continued: "Your Highness treats me sincerely and openly, now that he is in danger in the southwest, I can obviously have a faster way to help him, how can I retreat?" By allowing me to call him a letter, His Highness has allowed me to participate in the whole of his life. She paused, and when she said this, she was still a little weak, but fortunately, Xiao Zhe's eyes were still outside the hall, and she didn't notice that her eyes were wandering and floating for a moment. Advance and retreat with you, overcome difficulties. I believe this is also the expectation of His Highness in his heart for a life partner. ”

Xiao Zhe instantly retracted his eyes, and all the profundity gathered on Qingxi, his eyes were heavy and his expression was moving. The next second turned around, leaving Qingxi with an inviolable back that no longer looked majestic.

He paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps, and Qingxi's eyes turned back and forth with his slow, heavy steps. She knew that the emperor had been moved by her.

After a while, Xiao Zhe walked back to her again, and asked her in a kind voice: "You came to find me, you shouldn't have discussed it with your father and brother, right?" ”

Qingxi shook his head: "If only one more person knows, I won't be able to do this." ”

The corners of Xiao Zhe's lips rose slightly, and a smile resurfaced on his face, "Your child's temperament may follow your grandfather, right?" ”

Qingxi was slightly stunned, tilted his head slightly, and didn't know how to answer.

I only heard Xiao Zhe sigh lightly: "I can't be sorry for the Ling family!" ”

Qingxi hurriedly raised his head, his face was a little lighter, and said playfully: "So I came to find my father, and my father will definitely protect my safety." ”

Xiao Zhe first shook his head with a dumb smile, and the laughter grew louder, so hearty and cheerful.

Everyone outside the hall looked at each other, and they didn't know what Princess Heng and the emperor said, which made the emperor so happy.

After Qingxi left, Guo Ruicai walked in with a vase.

The lotus in the bottle is in a beautiful posture, shy and waiting to be released.

Xiao Zhe was standing in front of the window, looking at Qingxi's distant back.

Guo Rui put the vase on the small table in front of the window, and said gently: "Princess Heng chose the lotus flower and probably wasted some effort. ”

Xiao Zhe's gaze slowly retracted, fell on the lotus, and said meaningfully: "I didn't misunderstand her, she is not a woman who can only take care of the lotus pond in the backyard of the palace. ”

"It seems that the princess has discussed something important with His Majesty."

Xiao Zhe smiled, walked back to the desk, and sat down slowly: "It's a risky decision that doesn't necessarily work." ”

Guo Rui frowned: "Then why did Your Majesty ......?" ”

"She shouldn't and shouldn't have been involved. However, the words that this kid said today were very moving. What's more," he looked up at Guo Rui, lowered his voice and said, "I think maybe I can test and confirm something." ”

Guo Rui quickly understood what he meant, and he didn't say much.

The next day, King Guangfu received a holy edict, saying that King Guang's birthday was coming, and the emperor held a banquet in the palace to celebrate his birthday.

King Guang himself was full of doubts when he received the holy edict, could it be that the emperor wanted to get rid of it in the palace as soon as possible? But when he thought about it, this was not in line with the emperor's usual style of acting. His royal brother has always loved his reputation, if it weren't for this, he might have been in prison at this time, and he still used Dali Temple to lay out the facts and tell the evidence?

The emperor would never do anything to take it down without any evidence. Compared with him, the emperor cares more about giving an account to the world.

He is indeed having a hard time in Beijing now, and the outside wind is also extremely unfavorable to him, and the Yushitai is impeaching him twice in three days, and there are few civil and military officials facing him. He relied entirely on the four characters of the investigation of unsubstantiated evidence and the deterrence of the Southwest Army and the court.

The news of the spies who came back from the southwest made him extremely uneasy, what the hell is Xu Yongsheng doing with Xiao Liuzi? This reply to him was a decent and heartfelt expression, but when the two sides of the news are compared, how can this heartfelt seem so suspicious? It's just that there has been news recently that Xiao Liuzi was injured. He was quite surprised by this, could it be that Xu Yongsheng did it? There are also a few officials in prison who have not been eliminated.

He was thinking about his plan to leave Shangdu quietly in the near future, and he didn't wait until there was no way out.

He repeatedly thought that he could not make extraneous branches at this time, if he did not enter the palace, the emperor would be more vigilant and not to say anything, and even handed the court a knife that said that he was disrespectful.

So, on his birthday, he still swaggered into the palace with his family.

And he was a little proud, because he guessed correctly, this family banquet was actually a simple birthday banquet.

The emperor never mentioned anything about the imperial court. Although the expressions of the people were complicated, under the leadership of the emperor, they only drank and watched the dance.

If there is anything strange, it is that the princess of the Xiaoliuzi family always looks at herself with sharp eyes. This made him very unhappy, if it weren't for the palace banquet, he would have taken the case and taught her a lesson. No matter how excluded she is, she can't take this little girl's turn to treat her with such an attitude.

Qingxi looked at King Guang and glared at him, the corners of his lips hooked slightly, and his heart was determined.

She raised her wine glass, walked slowly through the dance group, walked to King Guang's side, and said with a smile: "Uncle Nine Emperors, if His Royal Highness is not here, I will do it for you, and I wish Uncle Nine a happy birthday." ”

King Guang was extremely unhappy when he saw her smiling and not smiling, but in the end, he also got up and said hardly: "Have a heart" and drank all the wine in the cup.

Qingxi held back his smile, the light in his eyes was a little sharp, leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness has taken care of your injuries in the southwest, and I hope that Uncle Nine can let Your Highness go." Otherwise, it would not be a secret what I listened to in the Baoding Mountain Library that day! ”

King Guang's hand holding the cup suddenly tightened, his eyes showed a look of shock, and he stared straight at Qingxi.

And Qingxi's words continued: "Some people will never be able to open their mouths. She paused deliberately, raised her eyebrows, and said, "I can speak!" ”

At this time, the light in King Guang's eyes had changed from shock to murderous aura.

Qingxi's hands trembled slightly, she was not afraid, but she couldn't make herself look scared.

So, she handed the wine in her hand forward. Not wanting King Guang to be unprepared to hear her words and already instinctively put his whole body on guard, he subconsciously pushed away the wine glass that stretched out in front of him, and the force was so great that it blocked Qingxi's arm and knocked it to the ground.

Everyone in the hall didn't know what was happening, only heard a crisp sound of wine glasses falling to the ground, and then Princess Heng fell to the ground.

But Prince Guang pointed at her and roared angrily: "If you talk nonsense and slander this king, this king will not be able to spare you." ”

The sound of music in the main hall suddenly stopped, and everyone got up to watch, wanting to know what was happening.

The female officers hurriedly stepped forward to help Qingxi up.

Qingxi covered his arms and swayed to his feet, looking very soft.

"What's wrong?" The Emperor on the throne frowned and asked.

King Guang pointed to Qingxi and said, "Brother Huang, the sixth son and daughter-in-law are telling me and threatening me. ”

Qingxi rubbed his arm, as if he was a little aggrieved: "The daughter-in-law just congratulated Uncle Jiu on his birthday, and also thought that Uncle Jiu had a lot of prestige in the southwest army, and now that His Royal Highness is in the southwest, I want to ask Uncle Jiu to take care of him." If the daughter-in-law is wrong, she is willing to compensate Uncle Jiu. ”

The queen mother had already left the table, and hurriedly came to Qingxi's side, holding her arm and asking her if she was okay.

The prince of Xiang, who was standing in the front row, frowned slightly and looked at Qingxi suspiciously.

Prince Yu on the side muttered: "Isn't the girl of the Ling family very smart, how can she say this so naively, regardless of the occasion." ”

Everyone seems to think that these words are enough to anger King Guang.

"Oh, that's it?" Xiao Zhe confirmed to King Guang.

"It's not." King Guang blurted out a rebuttal.

"Then Princess Heng said offensive words to make the ninth brother so angry?" The queen saw that Qingxi was wronged, but she couldn't bear it, and asked.

"She ......" King Guang just said a word and closed his voice, and he reflected it, what can he say? Nothing can be said. So he looked at Qingxi viciously again.

Qingxi kept her head down, but she looked like a weak woman, and she couldn't tell if she was bitter.

He was even more angry in his heart.

And the princess on the side gently pulled her sleeves and reminded him softly: "Lord, I don't think Liulang's daughter-in-law has a heart." Today is the prince's birthday, this is a family banquet, and it is not easy to be angry. ”

He took a deep breath, suppressed the breath in his heart, and sat back in his place.

Qingxi looked at the queen mother and smiled, shaking her head to show that she was okay. Then he walked to the center of the hall, bowed respectfully, and said, "Father, it's the daughter-in-law who has lost her word." I beg to read it for the sake of the daughter-in-law who really cares about His Royal Highness King Heng, and forgive the daughter-in-law for being reckless. The minister's wife is going to Fahua Temple to fast and pray for His Royal Highness. ”

The emperor nodded and said gently, "It's okay." ”

A small turmoil did not change the nature of this family banquet or returning from the emperor's mouth.

Everyone left the palace one after another and returned home.

The queen mother pulled Qingxi for a while, mainly worried about whether she was injured, and also told her a few words, asking her not to provoke King Guang.

Qingxi was full of gratitude, but she didn't dare to agree, because she had already taken the initiative to provoke it.