On this night, some people drank on the roof and talked about the past, and some people complained in Qionglou Yuyu.

This round of full moon, hanging high in front of the carved windowsill, is glorious, and falls on a shallow and cool autumn frost.

Du Pingfei knelt on his knees, looking at the young emperor who was drinking tea leisurely, and his eyebrows were twisted into a Sichuan character.

On that day, after Empress Dowager Du left, she ordered people to pay attention to the movements inside and outside the palace at all times. Although she was "grounded" in Fengyi Palace, she had already made a decision in her heart about King Yu's rebellion, so that she could put on a posture of watching from the wall.

- After all, her identity dictates, no matter what the outcome, will never hurt her life.

Whether she is cold-blooded or ruthless, she always has to think more about herself.

Later, King Yu was defeated, the Du family fell, and everything was settled.

She waited anxiously in the palace, and waited until this time.

Zhao Pei came here, she was not surprised, and even thought of all the rhetoric - or justification, or guilt, or detour to make a stand, no matter how hard she played, she would never implicate herself in the future.

But when Zhao Pei sat quietly and drank tea, those prepared words could not be spoken.

What can be said?

This young emperor is no longer what he was back then, and his mind is becoming more and more unfathomable, and it is not for her to spy on.

At this moment, she knelt patiently in the temple in line with the principle of not changing everything. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the night is getting cooler, the ground seems to be soaked in frost, and the slightest coolness invades from the knees, and slowly spreads all over the body.

After kneeling for a long time, her knees were numb, and she unconsciously hugged her arms. At this time, he finally waited for the man above to speak, "The ground is cold, the queen should get up." ”

"Doesn't the emperor blame the concubines?" Du Pingfei raised his head, pondered for a moment, and said tentatively.

Zhao Pei's hand moved, puzzled: "Why did the queen say that?" ”

Du Pingfei pursed his lips, and his face showed a little hesitation. She found that in the face of such a look, she didn't know where to speak. After being silent for a long time, she hesitated: "Your Majesty, the matter of the king's rebellion ......"

"So you said this," Zhao Pei chuckled lightly as if he suddenly realized, walked down to help her, and said indifferently, "When the incident happened, weren't you grounded by Empress Dowager Du?" I've found out, and this matter has nothing to do with you. On the contrary, I would like to thank you for always standing by my side, not only sending Concubine Shu to remind me, but also helping me solve the internal response arranged by King Yu at the palace gate in time. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to dispose of the rebels so quickly. ”

After a pause, a different color flashed in his eyes, and he said with some unclear meaning: "Speaking of which, I am also grateful to you for killing your relatives this time!" ”

Du Pingfei was stunned, and then lowered his head.

On that day, she asked Xiao Yao to do two things, one of which was to order someone to go to Concubine Shu's eyes and shake it, so that she could run to remind the emperor that he should not eat any food at the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet. If the emperor had a heart, he would have found out that this was her action. The second is to let Xiao Yao go to check King Yu's internal response in the palace, and then get rid of him quietly.

She has always known how to weigh the pros and cons, and she also knows how to leave a way out for herself. Although the emperor may not be wary of King Yu's actions, she conveyed this intention to make her stand clear, and the rest of the matter has nothing to do with her.

And it turns out that the person in front of him does have a good heart.

At this moment, recalling the defeat of King Yu and the Du family, she only had deep regret in her heart. Although she is also a member of the Du family, she lives more clearly than others, and she never dares to look down on the emperor. At that time, after weighing the two sides, she chose to stand on the emperor's side, but in fact, she was just pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

The so-called "righteous annihilation of relatives" sounds really ironic.

In the blink of an eye, she sighed silently and said humbly: "As the saying goes, marry a husband and follow a husband." Now, the concubines are just doing their part. ”

"Is it a matter of duty?" Zhao Pei chewed the word carefully, his eyes flowed, and there was a sharp brilliance, and he listened to him again, "The queen is so deeply aware of righteousness, I am very relieved." Now that I think about it, I have been married to the queen for many years, and in some major matters, my thoughts always coincide. ”

Du Pingfei's eyes flashed, and he said with sincere fear: "The emperor is really tormenting his concubines." It's all your clever plan, and the concubines are just following in your footsteps. ”

Zhao Pei stared at her for a long time, until he felt uncomfortable with her, and then said: "I can see that the queen is an understanding person and knows many things well. Right now, I have a little doubt in my heart, I wonder if the queen can say something for me? ”

Hearing him say this, Du Pingfei couldn't help but be a little surprised.

You must know that after marrying him for so many years, I have never seen him speak like this, and there is still a trace of amazement in his hesitation. For a while, she was also curious, and couldn't help asking, "I don't know what the emperor wants to ask?" ”

Zhao Pei suddenly raised his head, sighed as if melancholy, and said after a while: "Speaking of which, it was a long time ago. At the beginning, Xie Fenghua's 800-mile urgent battle report was submitted to Tianjing, and I deliberately allocated 50,000 reinforcements, but in the end it did not reach the front battlefield. Does the queen know about this? ”

Du Pingfei couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and subconsciously looked at him, but when he met those deep eyes, his face changed slightly, and a coldness quickly spread to his whole body.

She tried to smile naturally, but pulled the corners of her mouth, but found that she couldn't do it, and you can even imagine that her face must be very ugly at this moment. So, she lowered her head slightly, and said with a mocking smile: "What does the emperor mean by this?" The concubines have lived in the palace for a long time, and they cannot know the affairs of the world. What do you want to ask? ”

Zhao Pei furrowed his brows and asked again uncertainly, "Is that really the case?" ”

"Or else?" Du Pingfei thought that his endurance was excellent, but he still provoked his temper, and when he thought of the intention behind his question, his face was suddenly covered with a hurt look, and his words were sarcastic, "Your Majesty, these things related to the imperial court, how can the concubine know about it when she is in the harem?" ”

The wrinkles between Zhao Pei's eyebrows deepened a little, and he said with some displeasure: "I just asked casually......"

"Is it a casual question, or is it a mess of concern, the emperor will not be unable to tell the difference, right?" Du Pingfei had a breath in his heart, and subconsciously said it.

When she realized what she had said, her face changed dramatically. When she raised her eyes to look at Zhao Pei again, she saw that he also had a calm face, as if she had said something unforgivable.

Her emotions were a little out of control, and she endured and endured the words in her heart, but finally said it, "Your Majesty, since you mentioned this matter today, don't blame me for not knowing how to lift up." I thought that if I married you without hesitation and stood by your side steadfastly, I would be able to get a different look from you. But I seem to be wrong, your heart is of stone, and no matter how hard I try, I can't warm it. ”

She seems to have touched some bottom line, and even the self-title of "concubine" has been abandoned, her delicate eyebrows and eyes are full of ridicule, and she just stares at him directly, and her posture also has an aggressiveness that is rarely seen on weekdays.

Zhao Pei's face darkened a little, and he glanced at the palace people waiting in the hall, waved his sleeves, and said angrily: "Retreat to me!" ”

The palace people hurriedly bowed their heads and quickly retreated.

It wasn't until there were only two of them left in the hall that Zhao Pei looked at Du Pingfei again and said in a cold voice: "Queen, I thought that I had already made it clear to you at the beginning. I promise you the position of queen......"

"Yes! You also said that Xu Du's family is rich and rich. But the result? Du Pingfei suddenly interrupted him in a cold voice, looked directly into those eyes without fear, and sneered, "You have never been able to hide your thoughts about Xie Fenghua. But since you have this heart, why did you provoke me in the first place? Even at this moment, they still suspect that I secretly killed Xie Fenghua. You are ashamed of Xie Fenghua, but why don't you ask, is this fair to me? ”

Zhao Pei seemed to be annoyed with her, and said impatiently: "Didn't I do everything I promised you?" If it weren't for your Du family's rebellion, I wouldn't have killed them all. ”

When Du Pingfei heard this, he only had a sneer in his heart.

This can only deceive the little girl who does not know the world. And she has been living in this treacherous cloud, why don't you know his perfunctory?

Even if there is no rebellion against King Yu, I'm afraid he also has the intention of weakening the Du family, right? Otherwise, how could they allow Sun Mingyuan, Dingyuan Hou and others to target the people of the Du family so much?

Although she lives in the harem, she also knows some things about the previous dynasty, and she knows better how many methods this person has used on the Du family. Now that he thinks about it, he didn't know about the preparations that King Yu had secretly made, but he had been waiting for the other party to start an incident so that he could catch them all.

This person really wants to be ruthless, but he can't even compare to anyone.

And Zhao Pei didn't want to argue too much with her on this issue, so he immediately turned his back to her and said, "Regarding the execution of the Du family, my will has been made, and there is no room for half a circle. But don't worry, you and I have been husband and wife for many years, and I won't cross the river and tear down the bridge. ”

With that, he strode out.

Du Pingfei looked at his back and left without hesitation, but he still couldn't hold back and cried, "Okay!" After many years of husband and wife, in the end, I only got a sentence that I wouldn't cross the river and tear down the bridge, which is really good......"

She was so sad and angry that she cried louder and louder.

When Xiao Yao walked into Fengyi Palace, he saw such a picture, his eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle into a pimple, he walked over to help her up, and wondered: "Niangniang, why do you quarrel with the emperor so much?" Horizontal and vertical are tacit things, isn't it better to keep them in your heart? ”

Du Pingfei stopped crying, his face was full of tears at the moment, but he added a bit of grace, but the unwillingness and anger that appeared on his face at the next moment destroyed all this demeanor.

She gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "These things must be said." Over the years, although I didn't say it, I just endured it, and now I can't bear it, why do I have to be so wronged by myself? What kind of thing is she Xie Fenghua, she doesn't make people quiet when she dies. ”

At the mention of this name, Xiao Yao's face suddenly straightened, remembering the scene he saw in front of the palace gate, and unconsciously said: "Niangniang, what if Marshal Xie is not dead?" ”

"What are you talking nonsense?" Du Pingfei was taken aback by him, and the tears on his face didn't have time to dry, and said angrily, "Didn't you say that you saw her frozen to death on the upper floor of Mocheng City?" ”

It was true, but he always felt that something was wrong.

Xiao Yao thought about it, but he still couldn't hold back, and talked about the scene he saw in front of the palace gate, and finally expressed all the doubts in his heart, "Niangniang, I always feel that Miss Xie Er is not simple. At the beginning, when I went to the prison of Dali Temple to attack her, I was caught off guard by her. At that time, I found that her martial arts path was exactly the same as that of Marshal Xie. ”

Du Pingfei thought about it and couldn't help asking, "Didn't you say that it was taught by Xie Fenghua?" ”

"But even if it was taught by Marshal Xie, it couldn't be so similar!" The more Xiao Yao thought about it, the more wrong it became, and the scene he saw before became more and more suspicious, "Why don't you go check it out?" ”

Du Pingfei's eyes flashed, and he didn't answer immediately.

Subconsciously, she didn't feel the need to investigate. But Xiao Yao's ability, she has always been very clear, and she was a little hesitant for a while. After thinking about it again, she finally made up her mind and nodded, "Since you have doubts, it doesn't hurt to look them up." But there is one thing, don't startle the snake. ”

Xiao Yao understood, and then retreated and arranged.

After Zhao Pei left Fengyi Palace, he went back to the Qinzheng Palace.

At that time, Xi Lu suddenly asked to see, "Your Majesty, what should Second Young Master Du do?" ”

After being reminded by him, Zhao Pei remembered the person who blocked the arrow for him, and immediately waved his hand, not caring much and said, "Let him go." The Du family is no longer in the climate, so leave him alive for the time being. ”

Xi Lu hurriedly wrote it down.

And Zhao Pei was already irritable, and he didn't have the idea of reviewing the fold at the moment, so he suddenly took out a few pieces of paper from the bottom of the fold, leaned back on the chair and looked at it.

The wind blew in from the windowsill, and he moved uncomfortably, but inadvertently smelled a scent of ink, sniffed carefully, but when he smelled the smell on the paper, his eyes suddenly narrowed.

He couldn't help but lean under the glass lamp, and carefully read the words on the paper by the light, and the next moment, he saw him stand up and say loudly: "Xi Lu, get me in!" ”

……

This night, in the end, is still over.

As soon as the sky was bright, Mama Ying was about to wait for Mrs. Yuan to get up, but when she saw the back kneeling at the door, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Young lady, why are you kneeling here?" ”

Xie Fenghua glanced at her, smiled, and said a little embarrassed: "I'll come to apologize to my mother." Mama don't make too much noise, so as not to wake up your mother later. ”

She must have been kneeling for a long time, with a thin layer of frost on her eyebrows and hair, and when she looked closely, she felt that her face was a little pale and tired, and it was obvious that she had not rested well last night.

Mama Ying thought of the incident in front of the palace gate as soon as she thought about it, sighed heavily at the moment, didn't say anything, missed her pushing the door and walked in.

Mrs. Yuan also just woke up, heard about it, and didn't say anything, until she finished freshening up and the room was set up early, so she invited Xie Fenghua in, pointed to the chair in front of the table and said, "Sit down and eat something first." ”

Xie Fenghua was a little restrained, but he still sat down according to his words and picked up the chopsticks, but he hesitated a little.

But she didn't want to, but Mrs. Yuan sighed lightly, put down her chopsticks, and said, "What's the matter, you can't say it well, you have to kneel at the door?" It's autumn, the weather is also cold, if you freeze your body, what can you do? ”

Xie Fenghua was stunned, but he still hurriedly said, "Thank you mother for your concern." I'm rough and thick-skinned, so I'm out of the way. ”

No, Mrs. Yuan said unhappily: "That was before you got married." Before you got married, you liked to dance with swords and swords, and I won't say anything. But you can't just know how to do these things every day after you get married, right? ”

Xie Fenghua didn't seem to react, and subconsciously asked, "Is there anything wrong with doing this?" ”

"Naturally, it's inappropriate." Mrs. Yuan immediately retorted to her, "You will always get pregnant and have children in the future, right?" You can't just keep going like this, can you? ”

"I didn't think about this...... Xie Fenghua felt that these things were beyond her imagination, and subconsciously said what she thought in her heart, and when she saw her cold face, she hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Mother, I didn't mean that." I just don't think it's time to talk about it with so much going on right now. ”

In fact, she really didn't think about these things.

Not to mention that she doesn't have this mind, even with Yinghua's identity, she can't think about it. What's more, Yuan Minzhou seems to still have a hurdle in her heart, and she doesn't have any thoughts about her now.

But Mrs. Yuan misunderstood what she meant, and immediately straightened her face, and said angrily: "I remember, I told you before that the power of the Hou Mansion is already the only one in Tianjing, and there is no need for things on the side to add icing on the cake." You don't seem to have put my words in your ears. ”

Xie Fenghua felt ashamed and shrunk his neck, but he didn't refute her.

This is indeed her fault. But in a hurry, who would have thought so much?

Seeing this, Mrs. Yuan suddenly put down her chopsticks and said earnestly: "Yinghua, the current situation of the Hou Mansion, I hope you can understand it." Although I know that this is unfair to you, but in life, there must be sacrifices, can you think more about the Hou Mansion? ”

Xie Fenghua pursed his lips, gathered up those superfluous thoughts, and said solemnly: "Mother, if you are worried that I will bring disaster to the Hou Mansion, then you don't have to. I'm not going to let myself be a drag. In the future, if my existence brings any trouble to the Hou Mansion, I don't need to say it, I will invite myself to the court. ”

Mrs. Yuan didn't expect her to say this, and she was stunned for a while. After a moment, he exclaimed, "Do you know what you're talking about?" ”

Xie Fenghua nodded, but his eyes were unprecedentedly firm, "I know." Because I know this, I have said such things today, and I do not intend to take them back. Mother can rest assured? ”

Mrs. Yuan's face changed, "Are you here to blackmail me?" ”

When Xie Fenghua heard this, he secretly said badly, and before she could say more angry words, she hurriedly said, "Mother, I didn't mean that. I just want to show my attitude, but also to show that I am not inconsiderate of the Hou Mansion. It is precisely because of the consideration of the Hou Mansion that I feel the need to do this. ”

Actually, she didn't think there was anything wrong with Mrs. Yuan. As a courtier, the most taboo thing is to support too many troops, and the king's mind has always been unpredictable, and no one dares to guarantee that nothing bad will happen in the future.

And that's what she can guarantee.

If disaster arises from her in the future, she will automatically sever her relationship with the Hou Mansion. At that time, no one will be affected by her, and everyone will be happy.

But Mrs. Yuan shook her head, "No one can say what will happen in the future." You're still so young, why are you so yourself? Why be so strong? Even if you don't seek wealth in danger, there will be nothing missing from you in the Hou Mansion......"

Xie Fenghua smiled silently.

What Mrs. Yuan said, why didn't she understand?

But she has her own principles of life. Although Yuan Minzhou will ensure that she has no worries about food and clothing in the future, it is not hers after all. She has her own insistence!

But these words cannot be said to anyone. Otherwise, you might be called a monster again.

Seeing this, Mrs. Yuan had no other thoughts, but just advised: "If you make a great contribution, the emperor will definitely give you a reward." Wait a minute, you can go out with me and make some clothes. ”

Xie Fenghua hurriedly responded, but when she was about to go out, Mrs. Yuan suddenly encountered something, and in desperation, she could only go out by herself.

Zhao Pei's reward, she didn't pay much attention to it. Since it was said at the beginning, there must be no accidents. Today, the Du family was beheaded at noon, and she didn't have the heart to see it, but she met Sun Hengbo halfway and went shopping with her.

After getting along several times, Xie Fenghua found that the two were quite similar in temperament, not only did not stick to etiquette, but also were quite like-minded in some aspects. At the moment, both of them thought that there were too many people on the main street, but they chose a relatively secluded alley to walk over.

It's just that as soon as he walked out of the alley, he suddenly saw a thin child rushing towards the two of them and knocking Sun Hengbo to the ground. The boy lowered his head and said something, and ran out of the house as soon as he smoked it.

Xie Fenghua helped Sun Hengbo up and asked, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

Sun Hengbo said that it was fine, but the maid next to him shouted, "Miss, why is your purse missing?" ”

The purse is an intimate thing of Miss Boudoir, and if it falls into the hands of the villain, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Sun Hengbo was shocked and couldn't help asking, "Why did the one I saw just now suddenly disappear?" Isn't it going to be stolen? ”

Xie Fenghua thought of the child, "It must be that little ghost." I'm going to stop him. ”

At this time, the figure of the child could still be seen, Xie Fenghua followed him around a corner, and took him down. At this time, Sun Hengbo also followed, searched out the purse from him, and was about to say something, but heard the child cry: "This young lady, please do well, my eldest brother is about to die, please be merciful and save him." ”

Xie Fenghua and Sun Hengbo immediately looked at each other and asked, "What's wrong with your eldest brother?" ”

Before the child could speak, he saw a sound of horses' hooves at the end of the alley, and when he looked up, he saw Yuan Minzhou riding a horse, Xie Fenghua suddenly stepped forward and asked, "Master Hou, how do you know that I am here?" ”

"I asked Changying to send someone to find it." Yuan Minzhou stretched out his hand to her, "The emperor decrees that you enter the palace immediately, don't say more, let's leave quickly." ”

Xie Fenghua jumped up with his hand, explained a few more words to Sun Hengbo, and walked away.

Sun Hengbo looked at the kid and asked, "Where is your eldest brother?" Take me to see it? If it's really serious, I'll ask a doctor to heal him for you. ”

The child was still jealous of her, but when he heard that she asked for a doctor, he couldn't care about anything, and took her hand and walked forward regardless of it.

And Xie Fenghua quickly arrived in the palace with Yuan Minzhou, saluted Zhao Pei, and heard Zhao Pei ask: "Since I promised you, I will naturally do it." Deputy Commander of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, you are satisfied with this. ”

Xie Fenghua hurriedly thanked him.

After being silent for a moment, Zhao Pei suddenly asked, "That day, how could you be the arrow shot in front of the palace gate?" ”

"My sister taught me." Xie Fenghua's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly said.

Zhao Pei looked at her and said meaninglessly: "I have seen your sister's archery skills, and I have never seen anyone who can do it as well as her." But you did. ”

Xie Fenghua's heart tightened, "Your Majesty, it's not too difficult to practice an archery technique for more than ten years, right?" ”

Zhao Pei's face suddenly sank, took out a few pieces of paper, and forced her to ask, "In that case, then you come to tell me, what's going on with this letter?" I asked people to check, and although this ink looks a little old, I can tell from the fragrance that it has not been written for a long time. Who wrote this? ”

He paused, then continued, "Or rather, who are you?" ”