The guards held Gu Hengzhou and didn't let him fall to the ground, but it still caused a commotion in the medical hall, and Shen Bai unconsciously took two steps towards the medical hall and paused.

Shen Qi hung beside him, looked at her curiously with a small brow, and asked, "Mother, don't we go in and have a look?" ”

Don't go.

Don't go.

Also...... Can't go.

Shen Bai turned around and strode away as if he was fleeing.

The sky was overcast, and it looked like it was going to rain, and the cold wind poured in, pouring from the tip of the nose into the lungs, slashing the throat like an ice blade.

Shen Bai's breathing was a little panting, and after realizing it, he realized that he had drunk wine and his throat was very dry.

Crossing the two streets, Shen Bai's speed slowed down, a layer of sweat broke out on his back, this side was far from Taifu's mansion, Shen Bai was looking for a carriage to go back, and a pink and white shadow slowly came into view.

Su Xiaoqiu wore a pink and white dress today, there was no embroidery on the clothes, from the bottom to the top from pink to white, the skirt was blown up by the wind, and it looked like an elegant and holy water lily from a distance.

In comparison, Shen Bai is much more embarrassed, she has just cried, the makeup on her face is flowery, her eyes are swollen, her body smells of alcohol, her expression is a little lonely and frustrated, and there is really no comparison with Su Xiaoqiu.

Fortunately, Shen Bai has no other skills, and her cheeky skills are very strong, she does not dodge or dodge, waiting for Su Xiaoqiu to come to her.

"When did Sister Bai return to Hanjing, why didn't you notify me?" Su Xiaoqiu asked softly, grabbed Shen Bai's hand familiarly and said, "Sister Bai should have worked very hard in the past few months when she went to Nanxiang, she has lost weight, and she needs to nourish her body when she comes back." ”

In the Lingmeng, Su Xiaoqiu always looked like this in front of outsiders after marrying Gu Hengzhou, Shen Bai was quite embarrassed in his heart, did not cooperate with Su Xiaoqiu, withdrew his hand and said, "I just came back yesterday, I didn't want to alarm others." ”

The throat was too dry, Shen Bai's voice was very hoarse, Su Xiaoqiu immediately said with concern: "Sister Bai is tired of traveling, why do you drink so much wine as soon as you come back, it hurts too much, I just have tea in the car that clears the fire and moistens the lungs, if Sister Bai doesn't dislike it, you can get in the car and drink tea and take a break, how about it?" ”

Su Xiaoqiu's tone was sincere, and Shen Bai hesitated for a moment and got into the carriage with her.

The carriage of the Su family is a single ride, which is much narrower than Gu Hengzhou's carriage, and as soon as Shen Bai gets on the carriage, the space for sitting face-to-face with Su Xiaoqiu is even more cramped.

Su Xiaoqiu drove the maid who was waiting with him out of the carriage and personally poured a cup of tea for Shen Bai.

The tea was warm on a small stove, it was still hot, Shen Bai blew and took a sip, this tea was sweet in the mouth, but it was not greasy at all, and immediately moistened his throat, Shen Bai loosened his brows, a little surprised, and asked: "This is the winter tea that has just come out of the Tea Yun Pavilion?" ”

As we all know, the tea of the Tea Yun Pavilion is extremely rare, and it is generally only used as a royal offering, and it is difficult for ordinary people to drink it except for the reward of His Majesty.

"Sister Bai is amazing." Su Xiaoqiu replied with a smile and said, "This is indeed the winter tea of the Tea Yun Pavilion, which was given to my father by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the beginning of the month, and I was fortunate enough to get a bag of tea, what does Sister Bai think?" ”

"Good tea." Shen Bai nodded and said, subconsciously pondering what Su Xiaoqiu had just said, this tea was given to Su Yuanhua by Zhao Che.

Su Yuanhua had always been Concubine De's person before, and Zhao Che believed in Imperial Doctor Zhang more, but now that the Li family has collapsed, Concubine De and the four princes and their faction are also scattered, and it is understandable that Zhao Che began to win over the Su family.

Shen Bai sipped the tea and slowly sorted out the information in it, Su Xiaoqiu has been in the limelight in Hanjing recently, and he gets along well with the ladies and ladies of various families.

Su Xiaoqiu didn't know what Shen Bai was thinking, and said softly: "I know that Sister Bai was raised as a man before, but the body of the daughter's family is not as good as a man after all. ”

These words were completely from the perspective of Shen Bai's body, and his voice was soft and earnest, so that no one could feel the slightest disgust.

Shen Bai took two more sips of tea, nodded obediently, and responded, "I know." ”

Su Xiaoqiu smiled and said, "Today's sky doesn't look good, I'm afraid it's going to rain for a while, if Sister Bai doesn't dislike it, would you like to take the carriage back to Taifu's Mansion with me?" ”

Su Xiaoqiu's attitude was quite polite, Shen Bai nodded, the stamina of the wine came up, his body was a little tired, he relaxed his body and leaned against the wall of the carriage, and said sullenly: "Then it will trouble you." ”

Su Xiaoqiu shook his head, and seeing that Shen Bai seemed sleepy, he took out his cloak and covered Shen Bai.

The carriage was still moving, Shen Bai's brain was shaken a little dizzy, when Su Xiaoqiu covered her with a cloak, it was against the light, Shen Bai couldn't see her expression clearly, but he felt that she seemed to be quite happy, and blurted out: "What are you happy about?" ”

Su Xiaoqiu was stunned for a moment, then returned to sit down opposite, and said softly: "When I was in Mozhou, Sister Bai helped me a lot, and now I have the opportunity to repay Sister Bai, I am naturally very happy." ”

"Those things are long gone, and you don't have to keep them in mind." Shen Bai said lightly, now that he sees Su Xiaoqiu again, he doesn't know what kind of mood to use to face her.

Shen Bai's attitude was a little cold, Su Xiaoqiu could naturally feel it, she asked suspiciously: "Coming back from Yuanfeng County, Sister Bai seems to have deliberately kept her distance from me since she recovered her daughter's body, this time when she came back from Nanxiang, Sister Bai was even more cold to me, why is this?" ”

Shen Bai casually found a reason and said, "I have a bad reputation. ”

"I'm outcast, I only officially returned to the Su family a few months ago, and my reputation is not much better, if it's because of this, Sister Bai doesn't have to avoid me." Su Xiaoqiu said frankly, without waiting for Shen Bai to speak, "And before the Su family's family banquet, Sister Bai also said that I can come to you for anything in the future, has Sister Bai forgotten?" ”

Shen Bai's mind was not very clear at this time, and he remembered in a daze that there seemed to be such a thing.

She has always been pitiful and cherished jade, and she will not break her word to the girl's family, Su Xiaoqiu asked, Shen Bai subconsciously wanted to nod, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Shen Bai fell forward because of inertia.

Su Xiaoqiu helped her up, and was about to ask what was going on, when the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Dongfang Ying, who was wearing pigtails and wearing a dark brocade robe, came in.

His appearance is peculiar, but his appearance is quite handsome, the guards of the Su family were all shocked by him, Su Xiaoqiu was also a little surprised, Dongfang Ying grinned, showed neat white teeth and pointed at Shen Bai and said, "I am friends with her, don't panic." ”

The cold wind poured in, Shen Bai sobered up a little, blinked and said to the guard, "This is indeed my friend, it's okay." ”

The carriage was too narrow to squeeze Dongfang Ying, so Shen Bai simply got out of the carriage and said to Su Xiaoqiu: "This is not far from Taifu's Mansion, I'll go back, Miss Su will go back first, thank you Miss Su for giving me a ride." ”

Su Xiaoqiu glanced at Dongfang Ying curiously, didn't ask anything, only bowed slightly, and lowered the curtain to let the guards drive away.

As soon as the carriage left, Dongfang Ying frowned and looked at Shen Bai: "Just drink, why are you still making yourself so down?" ”

Shen Bai's head was dizzy, he didn't want to be watched on the street, so he pulled Dongfang Ying to a nearby secluded alley and asked, "How do you know that I am in the carriage and looking for me something?" ”

Dongfang Ying said: "It's not a big deal for me, but it should be a big thing for you." ”

"What?"

Shen Bai asked eagerly, Dongfang Ying didn't deliberately arouse people's appetites this time, and said directly: "Just now I saw that there was a soul fluctuation in the direction of the palace, if there is no guess, it is your Majesty Zhaoling who has passed away." ”

Your majesty in Zhaoling has passed away.

This sentence was like a slap in the face, which made Shen Bai cold all over the streets in winter.

According to the memory of the previous life, Emperor Hengde will not die until five years later, in this life, it is clear that the Li family has fallen, and there has been no civil strife in Zhaoling, how could Emperor Hengde die so early?

Shen Bai couldn't believe this fact, but he saw the little guy in Taifu's Mansion hurriedly looking for someone on the street.

Shen Bai's heart moved slightly, and he took Shen Qi off his arm and handed it to Dongfang Ying, saying, "Help me take care of him." ”

When the words fell, Shen Bai strode out of the alley, and the little maid was excited when she saw her, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has passed away, and all the officials will enter the palace to guard, and the master asked the young lady to go home quickly and wait for the summons at any time." ”

Shen Bai and Xiaowu went home together, and all parts of Taifu's Mansion had been replaced with white lanterns and white sails.

When the king of a country dies, the whole country mourns.

Back in Shuyun Garden, Green Tip had already prepared a plain moon-white dress to help Shen Bai change in, Shen Bai's face was spent, Green Tip helped her clean the makeup, took off the hairpin, and simply tied up her hair with a hairband.

From beginning to end, Greentip didn't say a few words, and the atmosphere was terrifyingly dull.

Although the prince has already been selected and is still very young and promising, the change of imperial power is still uneasy.

Early the next morning, the news of the death of Emperor Hengde spread all over the streets and alleys, the people wept, Hanjing boycotted the market for three days, a winter snow came, and Hanjing, which has always been prosperous and noisy, fell into a rare tranquility.

Emperor Hengde died of illness, he was old after all, Li Deren's rebellion made him exhausted, and he was busy with government affairs on weekdays, and it was normal for his body to not be able to bear it.

Emperor Hengde's body stopped in the Yeting Pavilion, but fortunately, it was winter, the temperature was very low, and the body could be preserved for a long time.

Shen Bai entered the palace three days later with the families of hundreds of officials to mourn.

In order to show their heavy grief, no one rode in a carriage and walked into the palace from their homes.

All corners of the entire palace are hung with white silk and white lanterns, and the palace people who serve are tied with white cloths on their sleeves, and their eyes are red, full of pathos, as if they have all served in front of the emperor, and they still have a deep relationship with Emperor Hengde.

As soon as he walked into the palace, the bell on Shen Bai's wrist shook slightly, and he walked all the way to the Ye Ting Pavilion, and the sound of the bell did not stop, as if some kind of mysterious and ancient hint guided.

The sound of chanting in the pavilion surrounds, these are the monks invited from Yunshan Temple, although Zhaoling does not believe in gods like Nanxiang, people still have to do some rituals after death.

Except for the chanting, the people present were very quiet, arranged according to the rank of the official, everyone went to mourn in turn, and then went to the side hall to rest under the guidance of the palace people.

The Sun family was not qualified to enter the palace, only Shen Bai came to condole, and Sun Dahai, the head of internal affairs, took incense to Shen Bai, and Shen Bai bowed respectfully and offered incense to Emperor Hengde.

Emperor Hengde is not a Ming monarch, but he is not stupid, in the past few decades, he has always been diligent and dedicated, because of the relationship between the first queen, Emperor Hengde took good care of Shen Bai in his last life, Shen Bai is not afraid of him like others, but feels that he is like his own elder.

Now that this elder is gone, Shen Bai is still a little sad in his heart.

After the incense was served, a little eunuch led Shen Bai to the side hall.

The distance from the main hall to the side hall was still a little far, and when he was about to arrive, Zhao Che took Gu Hengzhou and Su Xiaoqiu and walked towards Shen Bai.

With filial piety on his body, the prince's dress on Zhao Che's body is not apricot yellow, but a cold and solemn dark color, Gu Hengzhou is wearing an ink-colored regular dress, and Su Xiaoqiu is standing next to Gu Hengzhou in a plain long skirt, and the three of them form a very harmonious picture strangely, so harmonious that no one seems to be able to insert it.

This is the first time Shen Bai has seen Zhao Che since returning to Zhaoling, he seems to be thinner than before, the bearing around him has become awe-inspiring, and the majesty of the king of a country has begun to appear in him, and he is no longer the previous His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who can tolerate others playing tricks in front of him.

Shen Bai only glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze and lowered his head, retreating to the side of the road like the little eunuch, making way for Zhao Che and them.

The three of them soon came to her, Shen Bai lowered his head, and only saw Zhao Che's boots with black satin on a white background, and the four-clawed golden dragon embroidered with gold thread on them.

Zhao Che stopped in front of her and asked in a deep voice, "When did you enter the palace?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the courtiers will enter the palace at the end of the hour, and the court will arrive at the time of the hour." Shen Bai replied truthfully, and Zhao Che asked again: "Have you ever offered incense to your father?" ”

Shen Bai said: "Yes." ”

Zhao Che didn't ask any more questions, and Shen Bai only felt that his gaze had been fixed on him and had not moved away.

Inexplicably, Shen Bai remembered the scene when she saw Zhao Che on the school field for the first time in this life, and she didn't dare to look up at him.

Shen Bai thought that Zhao Che would let her raise her head in the next moment, and waited for a long time, but only waited for one sentence: "Go." ”

After Zhao Che finished speaking, he took Gu Hengzhou and Su Xiaoqiu away, Shen Bai stood in place for a while, and finally turned his head to look at them, the three of them had straight backs, and walked towards the Pavilion with firm steps, the cold wind blew their clothes and hunted, like two time and space, Shen Bai only came here for a short time, and finally could only watch them continue to move forward.

"Miss Shen?"

The little eunuch called lightly, Shen Bai came back to his senses, gathered his thoughts and entered the side hall with him.

The rest area for men and women is separated, and when Shen Bai entered, there were already some people sitting inside, but they were not any fresh faces, all of them were recognized by Shen Bai.

Mrs. Lu, Su Liu, Ye Wanyu, and Mrs. Jiang of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of War.

Lu Qingqing, as the queen mother's niece, naturally waited in front of the queen mother at this time, and there was only one Lu Xiu by Mrs. Lu's side. Su Xiaoqiu was called away by Zhao Che, and it was naturally Su Ying and Su Xuan sitting next to Su Liu.

Ye Wanyu had no daughter, and sat with Mrs. Jiang, next to the gentle and cold Jiang Qinse.

Before Shen Bai came, several people were still talking in a whisper, and as soon as Shen Bai entered the room, the voice stopped abruptly.

Although a few months have passed, the scene of Shen Bai making trouble in the Guogong Mansion should still be fresh in the minds of several people.

Shen Bai didn't want to cause any trouble, so he found a corner far away from them and sat down.

This embarrassment didn't last long, and the other ladies and ladies also came over one after another, there were many people, and they had to talk, but Shen Bai didn't have much contact with them on weekdays, and the things he was interested in were different, so he didn't have the heart to echo them at this time, and he looked a little arrogant when he sat there alone.

I don't know how long it took, a palace lady walked up to Shen Bai and whispered to her, "Miss Shen, my girl asks you to borrow a step to speak." ”

Girl? She didn't know any girl.

Shen Baihu swept around the hall suspiciously, the tip of his tongue swept around his mouth, and he still got up and walked out with that palace lady.

Out of the side hall and through an arch, a pale green figure came into view, Shen Bai relaxed his vigilance, and said unexpectedly: "Miss Lu." ”

Lu Xiu turned around and saluted Shen Baifu with a smile: "Miss Shen." ”

That Gong E retreated, Shen Bai walked in front of Lu Xiu, Lu Xiuzai looked at her carefully, and said with a red face: "Miss Shen was personable when she played the son, but I didn't expect to be so outstanding when she recovered her daughter's figure." ”

Lu Xiu's voice is soft, she is quite similar to Su Xiaoqiu's temperament, but it is softer and more low-key than Su Xiaoqiu, Xu is the previous image of Shen Bai's man left her too deep memory, and she was a little afraid to look directly at Shen Bai.

The dullness in Shen Bai's chest dissipated a lot, and he asked gently, "Miss Lu suddenly asked me to come here, but what do you have to say?" ”

Lu Xiu shook his head and said a little uncomfortably: "I saw that Miss Shen was very bored sitting there alone, so I wanted to ask you to come here to breathe." ”

Lu Xiu was kind, Shen Bai smiled, stretched out without any image, and said, "Yes, I almost suffocated just now." ”

Lu Xiu was amused, and then said: "Before Miss Shen pretended to be a man, she had a good conversation with those children of the family, I don't think she would be afraid of these occasions, it should be that Miss Shen is not interested in the topics we are talking about, I also think these topics are strangely boring." ”

The last sentence Lu Xiu muttered very softly, Shen Bai only listened to a rough idea, the impression left by Lu Xiu on Shen Bai in the previous life was very good, this meeting, her eyebrows and eyes were a little more sad than when she first entered the palace, Shen Bai's heart moved slightly, and asked: "Miss Lu, how are you doing these days?" The previous few meetings were in a hurry, and I didn't have time to ask you if you were used to it after entering the palace. ”

Lu Xiu is a descendant of a very remote branch of the Lu family, and Mrs. Lu and the Queen Mother say that they are her relatives, but they are no different from strangers.

This is the first time she has been cared for in the palace for so long, Lu Xiu was stunned for a moment, then bent her eyes and smiled, and said: "How can I not get used to it, if it is not for chance, how can a person of my status be blessed to wear such good-looking clothes and live this kind of life of fine clothes and food, of course, it is very good." ”

"Life in the palace is not as simple as life outside, won't Miss Lu miss the past?" Shen Bai asked curiously, Lu Xiu looked into her eyes, and asked instead of answering: "Miss Shen, do you regret recovering your daughter's body?" ”

Shen Bai was speechless, and Lu Xiu continued: "If Miss Shen hadn't recovered her daughter's body, there should also be Miss Shen by His Royal Highness the Prince's side like His Royal Highness the Prince today, Miss Shen doesn't have to listen to the gossip of the women in the back house, she can display her talents arbitrarily, and there is a broader world, will Miss Shen miss these?" ”

Shen Bai wanted to deny it, but there was no one here, and the gentle words of the woman in front of her were all poked in her heart.

His chest was suffocated again, and the bell on his wrist rang suddenly.

Lu Xiu's eyes sparkled as he stared at Shen Bai's wrist, and said happily: "I really didn't guess wrong, this is really the soul attraction bell of the Dongfang family." ”