Shen Bai was wearing a peach-colored embroidered gold silk koi jacket and a tiger head hat and riding on a young man in brocade clothes.

This posture looks familiar.

Zhao Che walked over, and when the palace people saw the savior, they immediately shouted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down, don't fight!" ”

Or the young man stopped first, Shen Bai snorted and punched someone else, Zhao Che walked over and grabbed her with the back of her neck, lowered his eyes, and the young man in brocade was really Wu Shouxin.

The palace people hurriedly helped Wu Shouxin up and helped him dust off the stains on his clothes.

He is the son of Shangshu, and his identity is not much lower than Shen Bai's, if he bumps into something, how can he explain to Lord Wu?

Shen Bai was still angry, waving his fists and kicking his feet, still provoking Wu Shouxin, shouting: "Come on, today is either you die or I live!" ”

The palace people who were waiting for their eyelids jumped when they heard this, and they quickly knelt down.

In the palace, the most taboo thing is to say dead words.

Wu Shouxin's hair was a little messy, his face was not injured, Zhao Che asked in a deep voice, "Are you injured?" ”

Wu Shouxin didn't bully Shen Bai, but he also knew that it was wrong for Fang Cai and Shen Bai to discuss the first queen, and he didn't dare to make Zhao Che unhappy, Wu Shouxin arched his hand and said: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie cares, I am not injured." ”

"It's good that it's not hurt." Zhao Che nodded, and said to the palace people on the side, "Young Master Wu's clothes are dirty, take him to Yichen Palace to change into clean clothes." ”

The palace people were surprised, but they quickly reacted and took Wu Shouxin to Yichen Palace, while Zhao Che carried Shen Bai to a pavilion in the corner of the imperial garden.

After retiring from the palace, Zhao Che asked Shen Bai to stand facing him, and asked seriously: "It's not enough to fight in the Tai Academy, you have to fight in the palace, do you think you are very capable?" ”

Shen Bai puffed out his cheeks, and his eyes were very red.

Not only did she feel that she had done nothing wrong, but she also had no anger in her head.

Zhao Che heard what she was shouting when she was fighting, and knew that she was doing this to protect the queen, but he would not condone her.

Today is when he sees them fighting, can he not punish her, but what if he is seen by others?

She is still young now, she can use ignorance as an excuse, and when she grows up in two years, no one will get used to her.

Thinking of this, Zhao Che looked at her with a cold face and reminded in a deep voice: "Speak!" ”

He was a little fierce, Shen Bai became more and more aggrieved, his eyes blinked and tears fell, and he said sullenly: "I just can't get used to him." ”

Zhao Che took out the majesty of the crown prince, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who do you think you are?" Can't get used to seeing others and hit people casually? ”

Shen Bai's tears fell even more happily, and he sobbed and said, "I'm no one, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I won't be like this in the future." After saying that, he began to cry.

She wasn't actually scared to cry by Zhao Che, she was crying for the queen.

She looked at the rebellious gentleman, but at this time she refused to tell the real reason for the fight, just because she didn't want Zhao Che to be unhappy.

She respects and relies on the queen as much as Zhao Che, and now that someone wants to take everything that originally belonged to the queen, she believes that Zhao Che is as sad as her.

It's just that she can still play petty and fight with others, but Zhao Che has to pay attention to the image of the prince and can't do anything.

In her little world, this is simply the most embarrassing thing in the world.

If the queen mother is still here, how distressed and sad it should be to see him suffer such grievances.

Shen Bai couldn't stop crying, the majesty of the prince that Zhao Che had just picked up was destroyed by the continuous tears, he wiped Shen Bai's tears with a handkerchief, and before he could say anything, Shen Bai threw himself into his arms, whimpered and said: "I won't cause trouble for you in the future, I will study hard and be a useful person for you, don't be angry with me." ”

With all this in mind, how can he still be angry with her?

Zhao Che gently patted Shen Bai's back and sighed secretly.

He seems to have been eaten to death by this child, and there is nothing he can do about her.

Shen Bai cried for a while before stopping, and embarrassedly took the handkerchief and snorted.

Zhao Che didn't ask about the reason for the fight, and said softly: "Don't be so impulsive in the future, you won't be able to run into me every time." ”

Shen Bai nodded with red eyes and said, "If I meet someone else, I will do it alone." ”

Zhao Che knew what she was planning, looked at her with a gentle expression, and said, "I hope that no matter what time you are, you can protect yourself." ”

Shen Bai was stunned for a moment, then sniffed and nodded heavily.

At that time, she didn't quite understand what this meant, and only vaguely felt that she had made a very important agreement with Zhao Che.

Zhao Che sat in the pavilion with Shen Bai for a while, and when she completely calmed down, someone sent her some snacks to eat.

After eating, Shen Bai quickly put the fight behind him and talked to Zhao Che about Wei Li's situation.

After that day, Shen Bai ran to the Wei family almost every day, and the subordinates of the Wei family became familiar with her, and they all liked her temperament, and treated her very well, with her, the Wei family was not as lifeless as before, and Wei Li's spirit was much better than before.

As long as we survive this winter, the situation should be a little better.

The dinner is about to start, the hundred officials led their families into the palace one after another, the palace people came to Zhao Che and asked him to go to the Pavilion first, Emperor Hengde had to deal with other affairs, he needed to control the situation first.

Zhao Che took Shen Bai to the Pavilion together, and when he was about to arrive, he went in first and asked Shen Bai to go in later.

Now that the Wei family is like this, there are many people staring at him, and it is inconvenient for him and Shen Bai to get too close.

Zhao Che deliberately left Xiaobei to Shen Bai, Xiaobei has been serving by his side all year round, everyone in the palace basically knows him, and Xiaobei is timid, not a troublemaker, with him following Shen Bai, Shen Bai should not suffer.

Zhao Che was thoughtful, entered the Ye Ting Pavilion, greeted the three dukes who had arrived one step earlier, and chatted.

The news that Emperor Hengde intends to set up Concubine De as the queen has spread, Li Deren is also dressed very ceremoniously today, Emperor Hengde has never treated the Li family badly over the years, but Concubine De did not sit in the back seat, and the status of the Li family has always been a little worse, and Li Deren is also a little uneasy.

Everyone came one after another, and when they saw that Zhao Che and Li Deren were talking happily, they also talked and congratulated Li Deren in advance.

Zhao Che saw it clearly, and his heart was cold.

At the same time, outside the Pavilion of the Pavilion, Shen Bai waited for a while, and was about to go in with Xiaobei, when he unexpectedly saw two palace people sneakily going to the other side.

Shen Bai's eyes were sharp, and he immediately felt that there was a problem between the two, and subconsciously wanted to keep up, Xiao Bei stopped her and said, "Young Master Shen, the banquet is about to start, so don't go." ”

"It's still early, these two people may be going to do something bad, we take a look at it from a distance, and if we find a problem, we will hurry back and report to the prince's brother." Shen Bai said quite reasonably, Xiaobei hesitated, Shen Bai patted his thigh and said, "It's so decided, they are all gone." ”

Xiaobei had no choice but to keep up with Shen Bai.

There were a lot of people coming and going, Xiaobei was very nervous, but Shen Bai was very calm, pretending to be nothing, and there were palace people from other palaces on the road who blocked their vision and didn't lose anyone.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the two of them passed the Wuzhao Gate, and there were fewer people on the road, which was not the main way to enter the palace to the Ye Ting Pavilion.

Xiaobei has not been in the palace for a long time, and he has not learned any rules before he came to Zhao Che's side, and he is not particularly familiar with the palace, and he can't help but play the drum in his heart at this time, and can't help but say to Shen Bai: "Young Master Shen, those two palace people may want to steal something, not to do anything bad, let's go back quickly, the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is about to begin." ”

Shen Bai shook his head and said firmly: "They just want to do bad things." ”

Xiaobei didn't believe Shen Bai very much, and was about to refute, but Shen Bai continued: "They are going to the queen's bedroom. ”

Xiaobei's eyelids jumped.

After the queen died of illness, no one lived in the dormitory, and no one dared to mention this place on weekdays, Xiaobei only knew that the queen lived in Chenshu Palace, but she didn't know which direction Chenshu Palace was in the southeast and northwest, what did these two palace people do in Chenshu Palace at this juncture?

Xiaobei's heart was beating hard, and he always felt that something big would happen today, and the next moment he heard Shen Bai order: "You go back to find His Royal Highness the Prince, just say that I was broken into Chenshu Palace by a little ghost, and ask him to bring someone over to take a look." ”

Shen Bai immediately thought of an excuse, Xiaobei didn't dare to leave her alone, and hurriedly said: "The slave is soft-spoken, His Highness may not necessarily believe in the slave, so Young Master Shen should go." "Okay

"If you want to go, you will go, where is all this nonsense?" Shen Bai raised his voice slightly, untied the gold and jade collar around his neck and gave it to him, and said, "You quickly take this thing to report, if it is too late to kill me, I will become a ghost and come to you." ”

Shen Bai has read too much in the book, so he will say this casually.

Xiaobei was stopped by her, didn't dare to say more, hesitated and walked back with her things.

Shen Bai bent his waist and followed the two palace people to Chenshu Palace.

Chenshu Palace has now become a cold palace, except for the palace people who are responsible for sprinkling and sweeping, everywhere is very deserted.

The palace was very lively tonight, and the two sneaky palace people stuffed something into the palace people on duty, and the palace people on duty left satisfied, and the two pushed the door in.

The palace wall was much higher than the courtyard wall outside, and Shen Bai's three-legged cat kung fu couldn't go up, so she waited patiently for nearly a quarter of an hour, and before the two of them came out, she had the courage to walk over.

The heavy palace door made of mahogany was half-closed, and she pushed it hard, and the palace door made a dull creak, like a heavy hammer, and smashed into her ears strangely.

The lights were dim outside, but it was pitch black in Chenshu Palace, shrouded in the moonlight, the black shadow was longing, but Shen Bai didn't feel afraid.

She's lived here for four years, she's rolled on every tile, and she's dreamed of coming back here, what's there to be afraid of?

Shen Bai entered Chenshu Palace, she couldn't find where the two palace people went, hesitated, and walked towards the queen's bedroom according to her memory.

She had never seen her mother, and all she remembered was the good smell of osmanthus and the soft embrace of the queen.

That is the most gentle and beautiful person in her limited cognition.

When the queen was seriously ill, she was sent out of the palace, so she didn't know what the queen looked like when she was tortured by illness to death, only that on the day of the queen's funeral, the honor guard was very long, and the queen was lying in a coffin made of the most precious golden silk nanmu and was carried to the imperial tomb.

From then on, she never saw the queen again.

But she misses the queen very much.

Chen Shugong was so quiet that there was no sound, Shen Bai heard her heart beating fast, she was a little nervous, and there was a little unrealistic expectation, looking forward to pushing open the door of the dormitory later, the queen was still sitting in front of the dresser as before, looking at her gently, and then stretched out her hand and said, "Bai'er is here, come over and let me hug me." ”

She will definitely rush over as fast as she can, hug the queen tightly and never let go.

I don't know how long it took, finally, Shen Bai arrived at the queen's bedroom.

The dormitory was also quiet, and there was no sound.

Shen Bai stretched out his hand to touch the door of the hall, and his eyes were a little hot.

She rubbed the tip of her nose, which was sore, and took a deep breath to push open the temple door......

Xiaobei took Shen Bai's collar and rushed to the Ye Ting Pavilion, and when he was about to arrive, he accidentally collided with a palace lady.

Gong E's plate was holding a fragrant tonic soup, and the soup was still very hot, and both of them were scalded, and they were in a mess.

Gong E screamed in pain, but quickly recognized Xiaobei's identity, and knelt down and kowtowed in pain: "The slave is reckless, ask Father-in-law Pei for forgiveness." ”

Xiaobei never felt that he was a character, so he was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand and said it was okay.

His hands were burned, and his clothes were dirty, and if he wanted to enter the pavilion, he would definitely be stopped by the Praetorian Guards on duty.

The Chinese New Year's Eve feast is not trivial, and people who are not disheveled are not allowed to enter.

But thinking of Shen Bai, Xiaobei didn't care so much, just disposed of his clothes briefly, and continued to rush to the Ye Ting Pavilion.

When he arrived outside the Yeting Pavilion, he was stopped by the Praetorian Guards, Xiao Bei showed Shen Bai's collar, and said that he had something urgent to find Zhao Che, but the Praetorian Guards refused to pass, and asked Xiao Bei to explain the situation to the chief of the guard on duty first.

Xiaobei didn't dare to break in, so he could only go to the chief of the guard first as instructed.

At this time, the banquet was about to start, all the officials were basically here, everyone was seated, Shen Ruxiu was sitting opposite the Marquis of Lingyang, Zhao Che took a special look at him, Shen Bai was not by his side, and Xiaobei did not come back.

Zhao Che frowned secretly, two points of uneasiness floated in his heart, and he was about to send someone out to have a look, when the eunuch of the Sidian shouted: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, Concubine De, and Concubine Shuniang have arrived!" ”

When the words fell, everyone stood up, and Zhao Che could only suppress his anxiety and look at the door.

Emperor Hengde took the hand of the Queen Mother and walked slowly, Concubine De was wearing a luxurious and exquisite quasi-queen costume, and followed side by side with Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu's makeup today is also very luxurious, but it is still much inferior to Concubine De.

Everyone's eyes fell on Concubine De's dragon and phoenix dress, which was a noble glory that belonged to the queen alone, and now that it appeared on her, it would not make people feel disobedient at all.

She really wore the six-tailed phoenix hairpin that Zhao Che gave her, and the phoenix hairpin had a beautifully polished red jade in her mouth, which was the finishing touch.

Everyone shouted long live, Zhao Che also followed the chin head, and the four of them slowly walked to the main seat and sat down.

Now all the people are here, according to the rules, Emperor Hengde spoke first.

This year, Zhaoling is okay, there is no major war, and there are no natural and man-made disasters, Emperor Hengde summarized the year and gave rewards to officials with outstanding performance.

Gu Tingge rarely returned to Beijing once, and the reward was naturally the heaviest, Gu Hengzhou also performed very well in Tai Academy, both civil and military were very top-notch, and Emperor Hengde specially allowed him to enter the Hanjing Lieutenant Camp after the New Year.

Zhaoling conscription can only be done at the age of fourteen, Gu Hengzhou is only ten years old, Emperor Hengde let him enter the lieutenant camp, the cultivation intention is quite obvious, everyone is envious and distressed, if they want to throw their son who has just turned ten years old into the lieutenant camp to experience, they must be reluctant.

Gu Tingge took Gu Hengzhou out to thank him, and Emperor Hengde praised Gu Hengzhou a few more words and continued to reward him.

The list of rewards is quite long, can not be counted one by one, Emperor Hengde quickly handed over the matter to the Ministry of Rites Shangshu to deal with, everyone raised their glasses to congratulate the people who have been rewarded, and the palace people served the appetizer first.

Emperor Hengde symbolically ate a few bites, and then started to talk, saying: "It has been three years since the queen died of illness, and all Aiqing has been persuading me that the harem cannot be left without an owner, I thought about it carefully, what you Aiqing said is reasonable, and today I think ......"

When he spoke, Emperor Hengde had been avoiding Zhao Che and did not look at him, just when Emperor Hengde was about to announce the change of Concubine De to the queen, there was a commotion outside the pavilion, and after a while, a palace man rushed in, knelt on the ground and trembled and said: "Your Majesty, Chenshu Palace is out of water!" ”

Smack!

The sound of the wine glass rolling down and shattering came, Zhao Che and Emperor Hengde stood up at the same time and asked angrily, "What did you say?" ”

Almost at the same time, Concubine Shu covered her lower abdomen in pain, and the palace people who were waiting for her exclaimed: "Your Majesty, it's not good, Niangniang has seen blood!" ”

A good Chinese New Year's Eve feast was a mess for a while.

Emperor Hengde didn't care about Concubine Shu, so he and Zhao Che led people to Chenshu Palace, Concubine De presided over the overall situation, and asked the palace people to send Concubine Shu down first, and quickly invited the imperial doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment.

The atmosphere of celebration that was still warm and extraordinary just now dissipated in an instant, and the rest of the people sat in their places, and they all smelled a trace of something unusual.

Chen Shugong walked in the water, and Concubine Shu saw blood, even if these two things were coincidences, they also touched the head of mold, which is a particularly unlucky sign.

Everyone unconsciously went to see Concubine De and Li Deren, and the two of them specially dressed up to attend, preparing to welcome the supreme glory of the Li family, and at this time they suddenly became embarrassed.

If such a thing happens, it is not appropriate to announce it again.

Concubine De and Li Deren's faces are very ugly, but the matter has come out, and no matter how unwilling they are, they can only accept it.

The fire in Chenshu Palace is very big, mainly because there are only two palace people sprinkling and sweeping on weekdays, and they informed people that it took a little time, and tonight is a palace banquet, and there is a shortage of manpower, and when the organization is completed to put out the fire, the fire will be out of control.

Emperor Hengde was furious and scolded Sun Yuehai for being bloody.

The queen is no longer there, only the dead things in Chenshu Palace can still store Acacia, if it is burned by a fire, there is really nothing left.

Zhao Che was as angry as Emperor Hengde at first, but seeing the flames engulfing everything he was familiar with, he was surprisingly calm down.

That's how it should be.

Throwing away all the things he is nostalgic for, he can truly be fearless and not be pinched into weakness.

Just thinking like this, a cry pierced his ears: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Young Master Shen is still inside!" ”