In my dream, I didn't know that I was a guest, and I was greedy for joy.

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"Old monk, is that you?"

Bai Hong was in front of the Tianqi Temple, and when he saw an old man in the temple, the old man was waving his hand to pass over. Bai Hong vaguely heard the word "young master", and the old man's appearance and voice were similar to the old temple master. Bai Hong asked suspiciously, walked forward, stepped into the temple and took a closer look, it was really the old temple master.

Bai Hong felt that his tear glands were warm, his eyes were fluttering, the halo in front of him flickered, and his body subconsciously pounced on the old temple master in a blurry and hazy way.

"Old monk, old fairy, where have you been! Thinking about how hard you think, where did I go on the day of my emperor's marriage and accession to the throne? Why is the temple dilapidated? Bai Hong's thousands of thoughts came to his heart, and thousands of unhappiness and countless questions were vented out.

The old temple master silently endured Bai Hong's hammering and crying, and only when Bai Hong was weak and sleepy did he speak:

"Young master, be careful..."

Before the words were finished, the figure of the old temple master turned into nothing in an instant. Bai Hong threw himself into the air and fell to the ground, he was angry and rushed to the front of the giant crown in the temple.

"Old monk, you are like this again! The words are never clear, and I am nowhere to be found! Bai Hong reprimanded the old temple master helplessly and painfully, the ancient national acacia tree in front of him in the courtyard was regarded by Bai Hong as the incarnation of the old temple master, and he tried his best to meet the tree with a punch and hit the ancient Chinese acacia tree strongly.

With a "snap", Bai Hong felt a sharp pain, and his whole body was sprinkled with hot medicine. It turned out that Bai Hong punched in a coma dream, and actually drove his body to punch. Ye Qingwan, who was serving the bedside, was bringing the decoction to cook, blowing it until it was warm, and when she fed Bai Hong again, she was knocked over by him with a punch.

It just so happened that this punch overturned the medicine bowl, and the medicine bowl crossed an arc in the air, smashed to the ground and rolled violently and shook for a long time before it stopped. And the hot decoction splashed on Bai Hong's shoulder wound, tearing and pain suddenly, and he was sleeping violently. Bai Hong's expression twisted, his mouth was speechless, and with a strong fan, Ye Qingwan hurriedly brought an ice towel to deal with the wound medicinal soup.

After Bai Hong experienced the pain, he completely woke up, and the beads of sweat on his face were clearly visible. Bai Hong looked at the familiar face in front of him, and was carefully holding a towel and wiping his forehead, Bai Hong looked at Ye Qingwan with a smile on his face.

Ye Qingwan guarded Bai Hong's side day and night for several days, and Bai Hong looked tired, Bai Hong saw it in his eyes: his hair was messy, his eyes were full of red threads, and his eye circles were dim... Bai Hong couldn't bear to look at it anymore, he understood how much Ye Qingwan loved herself, how much she felt sorry for herself, and how worried she was. It's that after his emperor's marriage, he has no heart and lungs...

Ye Qingwan fell on Bai Hong's body, even though his body touched his wound, he didn't say anything more, gritted his teeth and felt it, Ye Qingwan sobbed and whimpered in his arms, but he had mixed feelings in his heart.

Bai Hong hugged Ye Qingwan tightly: stroking her green silk; smelling the fragrance of osmanthus on her body; kissing her warm side cheek; Feel her scorching heat. Bai Hong is willing to freeze time here and become eternity; Seal your heart and stay for a lifetime...

After recuperating for more than half a month, Bai Hong resolutely began to govern the dynasty despite the opposition of the imperial doctor. Only then did I learn that the imperial court sent troops to the Tianming Society, which was only a foolproof strategy for the Queen Mother to follow Wei Chiqing's advice and divert the attention of the people.

Bai Hong never understood why the ambush army in the back mountains of the imperial court killed each other. After asking Wei Chiqing, he learned. It was the concubine who took the initiative to propose that Bai Mu go out with the army, intending to experience Bai Mu's ability, but he was the commander of the Houshan ambush army.

Bai Hong began to take a serious look at this imperial brother Bai Mu, and he already knew in his heart that Bai Mu was the biggest disaster at present, and the incident in which all the people in the back mountain were killed except for his cronies may be a temporary decision. Because Bai Mu didn't know at the beginning that he was in Qingyun Mountain, it was purely a blind cat that ran into a dead mouse, but Bai Mu also happened to borrow a knife to kill people.

Bai Mu must be removed! Bai Hong secretly had murderous intentions in his heart, and this matter was hindered by the concubine, and there was nothing he could do. Moreover, Bai Mu was cautious and strict, and later learned that Bai Hong was not dead, so he took the initiative to ask the Queen Mother for the crime of hypocrisy, proposing that he failed to fulfill his responsibility to protect the young master, and asked for his dereliction of duty. The move, on the contrary, aroused the sympathy of the Queen Mother, who not only exonerated the sin, but also appointed her as governor of the Eastern State. Kyushu is a capital, Bai Mu will have a state in hand, and the title is hereditary King Mu.

Bai Hong intuitively felt that Bai Mu was extremely smart, and he was helpless to the queen mother's move, which was simply a pitfall. Although Bai Hong himself ascended the throne and became the emperor, in the end, it was just a young monarch who had not been in the world, and major matters still needed the assistance and decision of the empress dowager of the two palaces.

The five central departments of the imperial court, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Supervision, and the Ministry of the Military are all his cronies; The rest of the officials have also been controlled by the Queen Mother's cronies, and they are also counted in the same camp. Although the five ministries are firmly in hand, the local administration of Kyushu and one capital, except for Kyoto, the other chief executives are all members of the former dynasty, and they are already the remnants of the two dynasties. However, although the concubine is not as powerful as the queen mother, her cronies are all over the government and the opposition. Mother and son are of the same heart, I am afraid that the concubine is also with Bai Mu...

After sorting out his thoughts, Bai Hong's body shuddered, and he realized that he was just a monarch who had nothing to do, and he was not in power. After this incident, Bai Hong fully understood that the enthronement was just a ceremony, and if he wanted to sit on the dragon chair safely, he had to work hard.

When Xu Qingchen changed the guard in front of the palace, Bai Hong saw him and remembered that there were three people in the cave that day. hurriedly announced Xu Qingchen, and after inquiring, I learned that the Queen Mother learned that Shangguan Yao was a traitor to the party and had been escorted to Kyoto and imprisoned.

"Xu Qingchen, you accompany me to go to the prison in person to rescue Shangguan Yao."

"Yes, young master, but the queen mother..."

"When the time comes, I'll say."

When the iron door of the prison was opened, the chains collided violently and the screams were piercing; Stepping into the prison, the darkness was incomparable, the fingers could not be seen, and the stench of blood filled the air.

In the usual prison, the high-spirited jailer facing the death row prisoner is holding the lamp at the moment, and the humble respectful finger leads Bai Hong to lead the way, and walks into the underground death row layer by layer. Along the way, the death row prisoner stretched out his bloody hand and waved, roared and screamed, and wailed in pain, Bai Hong's heart was stunned when he heard it, so he asked the jailer:

"On the day I ascended the throne, wasn't it an amnesty for the world? How can there still be so many death row inmates? ”

"Young master, the amnesty of the world does not include the heavenly prison, the heavenly prison is full of people who have committed the most heinous crimes and have unforgivable deaths." The jailer replied respectfully.

"Then, what about Shangguan Yao?"

"It stands to reason that if you are imprisoned, you will be tortured and reincarnated every day, but only this woman, Lord Wei Chiqing, has an order to be locked up and not punished."

Xu Qingchen quietly leaned on Bai Hong's ear to blow the wind: "I'm afraid, Lord Wei Chiqing saw that the young master saved her, and understood that the young master had no murderous intentions, so he privately changed the queen's will." ”

Bai Hong never thought that there really were eighteen floors under the dungeon, and the eighteen floors of the dungeon were like eighteen layers of hell. And the place where Shangguan Yao is being held is in the eighteenth underground prison. The underground dungeon, in the secluded, damp and drowsy dark passages, is lit by candlelight on both sides. This glimmer of light does not imply hope; Rather, it awaits the pain of endless reincarnation for death row inmates.

Bai Hong passed by the execution cell by the glimmer of light, the cruel torture instruments that exterminated humanity were neatly arranged, and the huge black shadow of the torture instruments reflected on the wall. Someone was being tortured at this time, and the screams of pain resounded throughout the dungeon.

In the dim darkness, the jailer introduced the prison as if he were invited, but he didn't see Bai Hong's painful expression of extreme disgust and about to collapse. He also danced and said, "Young master, this person! In our prison, even if it is the incarnation of a powerful ghost! I can't resist it..."

Bai Hong kicked the jailer over, pointed his index finger at him and angrily reprimanded: "People are people! Hurry up and stop the torture! ”

"But..."

"Don't stop, resisting the decree is your death!" Bai Hong suddenly said indifferently.

After listening to the young master's diametrically opposed attitude and tone, the jailer guessed Bai Hong, thinking that the young master was moody, he trembled in the dark, but a warmth welled up under his body. Don't dare to slack off, quickly notify the prison of torture, and stop the execution.

Bai Hong walked to Shangguan Yao's solitary cell and called out to Shangguan Yao. At this moment, Shangguan Yao was curled up in the dark corner of the dungeon, when he heard Bai Hong's call, he cried and fell weakly in front of the prison railing. Shangguan Yao was imprisoned for more than half a month, her body was extremely weak, and Bai Hong carried her out of the prison.

After half a month in prison, he finally saw the light again. The sunshine was so extravagant and so warm, Shangguan Yao was held in Bai Hong's arms, and her heart was filled with the sweetness of happiness.

In her arms, Shangguan Yao, who had been detained for a long time, was covered in filth, Bai Hong couldn't bear to look at her directly, and at this moment she had been sentenced to two people. is no longer the heroic and cool, handsome and tender, salty and sweet physician heroine in Bai Hong's impression.

His face was violently swollen, his body was seriously deformed, his face was pale, and his body was ulcerated in many places. After Shangguan Yao bathed and changed clothes, he was not treated by the imperial doctor. Instead, he wrote down a special prescription for special medicine, mainly based on original medicine, supplemented by proficient acupuncture and massage, and he healed himself by himself and quickly recovered his vitality.

Shangguan Yao wanted a mirror to see what she looked like now. Bai Hong didn't give it for a long time, he understood the appearance at this time, Shangguan Yao was a woman, and she couldn't accept her ugliness. Instead, he comforted Shangguan Yao and said, "If your body is well, I can paint you a portrait." ”

Shangguan Yao understood the meaning of the words, the bed was covered with her head and howled, and after a while, there was no crying. Bai Hong carefully pulled out the quilt, only to find that Shangguan Yao had fallen asleep at the moment, and the sound of even and clear breathing gradually rose, Bai Hong covered the quilt and tucked the corners well. So he got up and left, and took away all the mirrors in the room as he left.

After a few days of self-recuperation and healing, Shangguan Yao miraculously recovered her former appearance and was already healthy and unharmed. When Bai Hong took Xu Qingchen to visit Shangguan Yao, Ye Qingwan also heard the news. Looking at Shangguan Yao, Bai Hong was nervous in her heart at the moment, worried that she had misunderstood, but she had no words to explain, so she had to greet Ye Qingwan speechlessly.

"The young master has no intention of politics all day long, always from time to time, come to visit his sister, and when I see it today, I understand why my sister can stir up the young master's feelings, chivalrous and heroic, and there is all the tenderness of a Jiangnan woman." Ye Qingwan said with a slight smile.

"Qingwan, you're thinking too much..."Bai Hong wanted to explain but didn't have anything to explain, and was stunned in place.

However, Ye Qingwan sat on the edge of the bed peacefully and talked with Shangguan Yao, and the two of them actually talked speculatively and laughed, which eased Bai Hong's embarrassment and nervousness, but at this time she became an outsider.

Ma Junhan, the queen mother's personal minister, came by the order of the queen mother, and after whispering the decree beside Bai Hong, Bai Hong listened to it and left helplessly with Mr. Ma. Bai Hong gave Xu Qingchen a look before leaving, and asked him to stay here and wait for him to come back.

Bai Hong walked into the palace of the Queen Mother, and the weak Queen Mother was sitting on the bed, and she had no choice but to explain to the young master: "Hong'er, do you know? Shangguan Yao, she is an orphan of the previous dynasty, she is a traitor! ”

"Hong'er, I know."

"I told you that the orphans of the previous dynasty were feuds, and your father and emperor and even Taizu Taizong all drove out the forces of the previous dynasty, but you actually went to the prison and released the remnants of the sins."

"Queen Mother, let's end the feud."

"You... You give me out, you unfilial son, you don't understand at all. The Queen Mother Wang Ru condensed her heart and fainted again.

Bai Hong saw that the Queen Mother was seriously ill, and in a panic, he thought of Shangguan Yao in his mind. Eagerly took her to the Queen Mother's Palace, Shangguan Yao saw the Queen Mother's illness, controlled her pulse, and observed for a long time before entering the Imperial Doctor's office and personally grabbed the medicine and cooked it. Bai Hong fed it to the Queen Mother, and then with Bai Hong's acquiescence, he used acupuncture to seal acupoints and massage treatment. After some healing, the results were very good, exceeding the results of the Tai Doctor's treatment in a few days.

The imperial doctors praised again and again, and Shangguan Yao shy and modestly excused himself: "The adults have praised it falsely, the little girl is just a lot of patients, and the treatment and medical skills are carried out together, and the practice is just true knowledge." ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother was getting better, Bai Hong took the initiative to help the Queen Mother sit up, and praised Shangguan Yao's medical skills and wonderful hands to rejuvenate and save the Queen Mother; took the opportunity to quickly persuade the Queen Mother that Shangguan Yao was a woman, how could she be a traitor to the party, and asked for Shangguan Yao to be released and return to Qingyun Mountain. Bai Hong didn't want Shangguan Yao to stay in the palace, how could the women in the rivers and lakes know that the palace was sinister, not to mention that there were many rules in the palace, although Shangguan Yao was thoughtful and humble in words, she never wanted her to be contaminated with the atmosphere in the palace.

The Queen Mother thought for a long time after listening to it, although she remembered that her medical skills were superb and forgave Shangguan Yao's treason against the party, but she needed to stay in the palace and arrange for the imperial doctor to dispense medicine.

Of course, Bai Hong understood that the Queen Mother planned to put Shangguan Yao under house arrest in the palace. The queen mother's eyeliner in the palace is all over the place, and Shangguan Yao's every move is in full view, and it is impossible to escape from it.

Shangguan Yao didn't understand the deep meaning of the Queen Mother's words at the moment, thinking that he was acquitted and could accompany Bai Hong in the palace, but he was also happy.

"Caomin Shangguan Yao, thank you to the Queen Mother, I owe Mo... Young Master Bai Hong's life, I am willing to do my best..."

"Stop!"

Shangguan Yao didn't finish speaking, but was interrupted by the Queen Mother's indifferent and disgusted tone.

Shangguan Yao was embarrassed by His Royal Highness, and Bai Hong reluctantly took the initiative to propose: "Queen Mother, there is a shortage of maids in the front hall of Hong'er, it is better to..."

Bai Hong's move originally wanted to let Shangguan Yao leave the shackles of disguised house arrest set by the queen mother, but this move unexpectedly angered the queen mother.

"No! Stand down if you're fine! After the Queen Mother Wang Runing finished indignantly, she lay on the bed and turned her back.

Bai Hong knew that this matter was fruitless, so he looked at Shangguan Yao helplessly and quietly left the Queen Mother's Palace.

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Late at night, in the dormitory.

Ye Qingwan, who was dressed in pink gauze light silk pajamas, was lying in Bai Hong's arms and whispered: "If the young master really likes Shangguan Yao, Qingwan would like to fulfill it..."

"How so, Qingwan! The matter of loving you alone in this life has been decided from the first sight," Bai Hong gently interrupted Ye Qingwan's words.

"Young master, what Qingwan said is sincere, if I really want to set up Sister Yao as a concubine, I won't have the slightest bit..."

Ye Qingwan's soft lips were pasted with Bai Hong's index finger, and the words stopped halfway. Bai Hong touched his heart and swore and said: "The conscience of heaven and earth, Bai Hong has only Xu Qingwan in his heart in this life. ”

Ye Qingwan was so moved, but at this moment, Bai Hong's hand was not honest, "Young master, your wound has not healed yet..."Ye Qingwan gasped softly, but Bai Hong endured the pain on the side, gritted his teeth and said, "Then change your position..."