"I've taken care of it all." Gu Xingde put his hand on Cui Xiu's shoulder to comfort her, then turned around and poured the brewed tea into the cup for her.

"What are they looking for?" Cui Xiu looked at him.

Gu Xingde lifted his robe and sat next to Cui Xiu, "It's nothing, it's all trivial affairs in the court, you don't have to worry." ”

Cui Xiu nodded, "How about the tea?" I'm bored today, so I'm just messing around with these things, and I don't know how to get them. ”

"Fragrant and elegant, not astringent or bitter," Gu Xingde tasted the tea, nodded and praised with a smile, "Good tea, Xiu'er's craftsmanship is not comparable to others." ”

Cui Xiu lowered her eyes slightly shyly, "You will make fun of me, how can this casual tea be delicious?" ”

Gu Xingde laughed in a low voice.

At this time, a gust of wind blew in from outside the attic, Cui Xiu frowned coldly, Gu Xingde saw this, and hurriedly went into the house and took a shawl for Cui Xiu to put on.

"Don't sit in the future, the wind is too strong, you are not in good health, and you are prone to cold." Gu Xingde became a little angry.

Cui Xiu hurriedly admitted his mistake, "Okay, I know everything, I won't sit here anymore in the future." ”

After a pause, she lowered her eyes a little gloomily and looked at the beautiful scenery in the distance, "I just...... Don't want to stay in the house all the time. ”

Gu Xingde frowned, reached out and held her hand.

"Xiu'er, after a while, we'll leave Biancheng, right?"

Cui Xiu was stunned, "Leave?" Where are you going? ”

"The outside world."

"The outside world?"

"Yes." Gu Xingde nodded, "Since you married me, you haven't left here, and I want to go out for a walk with you in the second half of my life." ”

Cui Xiu thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, we can't leave the Gongqin Mansion alone." ”

"Xiu'er," Gu Xingde looked at Cui Xiu, sighed and stood up, and walked to the railing with his hands in his hands, "Our city has grown up, he can afford the responsibility of the Guogong Mansion, you and I should let go." ”

Hearing him mention Gu Yuancheng, a trace of disgust flashed in Cui Xiu's eyes.

If it weren't for the fact that the guy at Thirteen had ruined one of her legs, causing her body bones to be good and bad all the time, how could she not have conceived another child until now? In this huge Guogong Mansion, how could she hand over the eldest son who made her feel ashamed?

"Hmph, don't worry about him, I don't worry about him, the trouble outside the door today is because of him, right? He has been messing with the people of Qin all day long, and sooner or later he will put the foundation of the Guogong Mansion for hundreds of years. Cui Xiu turned his face away, and he lost the joy of Fang Cai at all.

There was too much unwillingness and resentment in her words, Gu Xingde could hear it, and he also knew what her heart knot was all along, in fact, it was not entirely her fault, because this dynasty was like this, and the rules of the ancestors for thousands of years were also like this, how could she not be like this?

"After all, appearance is just a skin, so why do you have to worry about it until now?" Gu Xingde sighed and turned around to look at her, "He is our son after all, and we are ashamed of him after all." ”

Gu Xingde walked to Cui Xiu's side, leaned over, stretched out his hands and gently held her hand, "Xiu'er, when you were housekeeper at the beginning, I thought you really liked these money and power, I didn't care, really, there is nothing wrong with liking these, if you like it, I will hand over all the power in my hands to you." ”

"But then I found out that you don't like these things, you are because of me, you will work day and night for the Guogong Mansion, how much time have you spent for it? How many years has it been depleted? Even if you don't like the city, it's because of me. ”

"He was born too beautiful since he was a child, like a little girl, but if he was really just a little girl, you wouldn't suffer so much gossip because of him."

Gu Xingde smiled bitterly and clenched Cui Xiu's hand slightly.

"My father doesn't like him, and you don't like him, you're afraid that I will lose the position of the son of the world because of him, and the thirteenth brother, he is so good, so good that even I can't compare, so you will do that to him while I am traveling to study."

"Xingde, I ......"

Gu Xingde shook his head at her, "Don't say it, let me tell me, over the years, these words, I should have said to you a long time ago." ”

Cui Xiu couldn't help biting her lower lip and stared at Gu Xingde with a tense expression.

She knew that what she did to Thirteen at the beginning had always been a thorn in his heart, and this thorn could not be pulled out or swallowed.

"I have to admit that I was resentful of you at first, I liked you so much and was willing to give you everything I had, but you did such a poisonous thing to my thirteenth brother, what kind of face did you tell me to go underground to see him after a hundred years?"

"But then I didn't complain, I should have figured out that I was not good enough, and I didn't have the talent that made you so uncertain and wanted to clear all obstacles for me, Xiu'er, I really ...... I'm sorry for you, if it weren't for me, you would still be the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion who could sing and dance well and scheming, and now, how could you be trapped on this narrow soft couch......"

Speaking of this, Gu Xingde couldn't help but hug Cui Xiu and cried, he was not confused when he was young, but he cried so sadly like a child.

"Xiu'er, I like you so much, I used to naively think that I gave you everything good in the world, but in the end I found out that I ruined everything for you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"12

Cui Xiu's eyes also turned red, she has always had a strong personality and ruthless methods, and tears couldn't stop flowing out of her eyes.

She choked, sad, and moved.

How much has she suffered and suffered for him for so many years? She originally thought that no one would understand her in this life, but it turned out that he understood, he had always understood her, and was even willing to bear those sins and guilt for her.

She really didn't marry the wrong person, he has always been the elegant young man who approached her heart with a smile under the apricot blossom tree.

"Let's go, get out of this place that traps you and me, and spend the rest of our days with good company, and make up for all we have lost." Gu Xingde hugged Cui Xiu tightly and whispered in her ear, as if he was talking about a distant dream.

"Okay." Cui Xiu choked and nodded, "I'll go wherever you go, I've been fighting in this Guogong Mansion for half my life, Qilang, I'm really tired." ”

Gu Xingde felt sorry in his heart, but after all, he couldn't recover everything he had lost before.

Gu Yuancheng had been standing on the eaves of a gazebo in the distance and watching this scene, he didn't understand why his father, who had always been serious about self-denial, cried like that, and he didn't understand why his mother, who had always been cold-faced, looked so sad, he faintly felt that he should go forward and listen to what they were talking about, but in the end he just lowered his eyes and turned to leave.

Nightfall, overcast.

The inner courtyard of the palace was silent at this time, and everyone was panicked because Emperor Qi was suddenly endangered, for fear that if he took one more step and said one more word, he would be killed.

But on such a night, there was a dark shadow dodging into the cold palace deserted garden.

"How's everything going on?" A female voice suddenly rang out in the night.

"It's all going according to plan." A shrill male voice replied.

"Is the little prince dead? Where are the corpses? ”

"General Chen has sent someone to kill him secretly, and the body is in the jade coffin, but the queen mother is too sad and has been guarding the jade coffin, not letting anyone approach, and not letting the funeral happen."

"This queen is really in the way! Forget it, the person is dead anyway, and it can't be in the way of Niangniang's big business, you tell Gonggong Wang that you must be optimistic about Your Majesty's bedroom, and you can't let him have a chance to come back to life. ”

"Yes, the slave will definitely do his best to do things for Concubine Li, but after the matter is completed, I have to ask the mother not to forget the slave."

"That's nature, whoever does things for the mother, the mother will remember whom."

"That'...... When will the Lord come? ”

"Don't worry about this, Niangniang will go and tell Grandpa Wang in person when the time comes."

"Okay, okay, yes."

"Hurry up, I'm going back to my mother."

"Yes, yes, the minion understands."

The next day, the dormitory.

"How's your majesty's illness?" Father-in-law Wang stood in front of the screen, his eyes full of worry.

The doctors looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Grandpa Wang, Your Majesty's face is pale, his breath is weak, it is already a sign of great loss, I will wait...... It's really helpless. The chief physician said tremblingly.

When Wang Gonggong heard this, he immediately shed tears sadly, "I'm afraid this is the number of days, obviously Your Majesty is still so young......"

"Grandpa Wang, did Your Majesty leave any edicts before he fell into a coma?" Chen Kun, who had been standing aside with a knife and had not made a sound, suddenly opened his mouth.

Gonggong Wang looked embarrassed and hesitated, "Your Majesty has left a message, but now is not the time to talk about this...... General Chen, you must protect the safety of the palace these days, and don't let anything like the little prince happen again. ”

"General Ben naturally knows." Chen Kun nodded slightly, turned around and went out.

"Father-in-law Wang, Concubine Li is here." Pang Heng walked in quickly and reported to Gonggong Wang.

"Concubine Li? How did she get here? Grandpa Wang was surprised.

"Father-in-law Wang, this palace has been ordered by the queen to come here to take care of Your Majesty and preside over the overall situation, you won't stop the palace, right?" A lake-green shadow appeared in the dormitory, followed by the golden seal of the phoenix queen on the jade plate.

Seeing this, Gonggong Wang immediately knelt on the ground, and the rest of the people also knelt down.

"The slave knocks on Concubine Li." Father-in-law Wang didn't dare to slack off, and immediately saluted, "Since Niangniang has been ordered by the queen, the servants and others will naturally obey it, but Niangniang, the affairs of the court still have to be stabilized by the minister, so it's better to let the prime minister ......"