"It's true that sometimes the pillow breeze is more effective than the words of a courtier." After a long time of reflection and exploration, Chen Ji finally spoke, "If you can really help me, I will be happy to cooperate with you." ”

The tense eyebrows stretched, and I said: "Don't worry, although Qingqiang doesn't have the ability to reach the sky with his hands and eyes, he still has the ability to clear the obstacles for the prince's great cause and contribute bricks and tiles." ”

"This king knows that Hua Zhaorong is smart, but this king still wants to ask, when did you doubt the relationship between this king and Chu Ke?"

"From that time on, I went to serve in the Imperial Study." That time I asked Chu Ke what he was talking about with Chen Xu, and he told me that I began to doubt it when I asked Chen Wei about the emperor's preferences, "Jiang Yu has followed Chen Qian for many years, and he is most clear about his habits and preferences, Chu Ke wants to understand Chen Qian's preferences, just ask him directly, why do you need to go around such a bend to ask the prince?" It can be seen that he is lying and covering up, and the relationship between him and the prince must not be simple. ”

"It's really ice and snow smart, no wonder the royal brother likes it." Chen Ji stared at me meaningfully, "However, you and I both know that you are now the emperor's brother's person." The royal brother dotes on you, as long as it is what you want, he will help you get it, and there is anything you can't ask for. ”

"Yes." My gaze was as firm as ice, and I said loudly, "Freedom." Staying in the palace has never been what I want, no matter how poor and beautiful this nine-fold emperor is, rich and luxurious, it is just a golden wire net that binds people, and sooner or later it will drive people crazy and drive them to death. I hate it here, I hate living like a parasite clinging to a man, I hate those self-righteous women who are jealous of a man, I hate this lifeless palace, I want to leave! ”

In the end, all the resentment and unwillingness turned into a soft sigh, "Qingqiang just wants to be a free cloud in the sky, unrestrained, and free from all over the world." ”

The person on the other side was stunned, his face no longer had cold and hard lines, shocked, touched, unbearable, and even, there was a trace of pity. With such complicated and indistinguishable eyes, he said softly: "Okay, I will help you and help you leave the palace." ”

A silent transaction in the dark began.

How can I deal with Chen Qian alone, I need power, and all the powerful and capable people I can win over as much as possible to form allies. And King An Cheng, the best candidate.

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Pushing open the door of the Flying Dragon Playing Pearl Dan Purple Hall in the East Hall, the water and blue skirt of the moonlit day slanted across the paving gold bricks, lifted the water through the crystal purple bead curtain, and the cold fragrance of the plum blossoms hit the cheeks like clouds. Take a closer look, the koi in the room are wearing blue leaves and red lotus enamel, and a newly opened handful of red plum clusters are inserted vertically, the plum bones are beautiful, and the flower shadows are curling.

Chen Qian crouched on the imperial case to review the folds, and his handsome face revealed the tranquility of the still water and autumn moon. The daylight flows quietly from the long window on the floor tiles, and in the staggered halo, the plum shadow is clear and beautiful, and the figure is like jade, which is drawn into a quiet and beautiful picture in the haze.

I have long known that such an elegant and handsome man is extremely domineering and proud in his bones, and he cannot allow anyone to leave his palm. As long as it is what he wants, even if it is difficult for a strong man, even if he does whatever it takes, he must get it. But the appearance of a beautiful son in front of others doesn't know how many girls' hearts have been deceived, which is really chilling.

Chen Qian's eyebrows gradually tightened, I walked over and asked, "Why is Your Majesty so worried?" ”

Now, Chen Qian allows me to freely enter and leave the imperial study to serve the pen and ink, and such special treatment makes me look more and more different in the beautiful harem. While serving the pen and ink, I also learned a lot about the political affairs of the court, and secretly paid attention to the information that was useful to me, and kept quiet.

"Qing'er is caring about me?" Chen Qian put down the fold and asked me with a smile. He looked a little surprised, a little delighted.

I didn't answer his words, but picked up the fold on the imperial case, read it carefully, and then asked, "Is this what Your Majesty is worried about?" ”

Chen Qian stroked his forehead and sighed, "In the past few days, some people have been suing Hou Andu for not being strict in his governance, favoritism, and conniving with the ministry to disturb the people and disrupt the market, injure people, gather crowds to make trouble, beat good people, bully people's children, and occupy people's land." His deeds are bad, and he can't bear it. I will punish them and correct them. ”

"Since the subordinates of the Duke of Qingyuan committed murder, why didn't Your Majesty take them to justice?"

"The difficulty is that they are all beloved generals who have been marching with Hou Andu for many years, and whenever the government wants to arrest them, they rush back to Hou Andu. With Hou An in the way, the government is helpless. ”

"Duke Qingyuan is so favoritistic and obstructs official affairs, why doesn't Your Majesty punish him?" I asked.

"At present, the war in Xiangzhou is resting, and the powerful forces in the southwest are ready to move, internal and external troubles, it is the time to employ people, if I ask him to blame, I am afraid that he will resign and threaten him, and then the southwest will be in civil strife, who will pacify? For the sake of the overall situation, I can only turn a blind eye to these things. A hint of disgust flashed imperceptibly between Chen Qian's eyebrows.

"Could it be that there is no one in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, he has to be?" As if I had inadvertently remembered something, I said, "According to Qingqiang's opinion, King Ancheng is brave and strategic, and he is resourceful, if he is slightly promoted and experienced, he will definitely not lose to Qingyuan Gong." Why can't Your Majesty use him? When he establishes military merits and military prestige, he can establish prestige in the court to compete with the Qingyuan Gong, and he can also deter the Qingyuan Gong. Let him know that there are others in the court besides him, and His Majesty does not have to do it. In this way, the Duke of Qingyuan will restrain his subordinates a little, and naturally he will not dare to make a mistake. ”

After listening, a faint and uncertain smile flashed on Chen Qian's face, "Qing'er's plan is very good, but I don't know if Qing'er is doing it for me or something else this time?" ”

My eyes froze, and then I said calmly: "For my own sake, Concubine Kong is very annoying, and I want to frustrate her sharpness." ”

Chen Qian didn't get angry, but smiled helplessly, "You really don't even want to tell lies to make me happy." ”

With that, his broad palm gently and gently caressed my slender plain hand, and looked at me steadily, "But it doesn't matter, one day, I will cover your stone with heat." ”

I hung my head and was silent.

There will never be such a day, not until death.

In March, when Huimu Tu Green Fangfei was in full bloom, Han Xiuhua, who was pregnant, gave birth to the prince smoothly, ranking tenth. In the same month, Xu Jieyu gave birth to the eleventh prince, died in childbirth, and a wisp of fragrant soul died. However, the great joy of the birth of two princes in the palace quickly diluted the haze of Xu Jieyu's death due to dystocia, after all, no one wants to pay most of their attention to a concubine who is not high and unfavored, or a dead concubine.

The Daiyan Garden where Han Xiuhua lives is in the south of Hualin Garden, and the spring is warm, the flowers and trees are brilliant, and the jasper branches of each tree are spreading. The peach blossoms in the courtyard are scorching and picturesque, the red Su Feifei, the wind blows through the flowers and rain falls on the swallow grass, the pink peach and green grass, the contrast is interesting, and the spring is boundless.

After giving the congratulatory gift, looking at Han Xiuhua's eyebrows and eyes happily teasing the cute Ten Princes in the swaddling clothes, I couldn't help laughing: "The Ten Princes are so cute, I don't know what Your Majesty has promised?" ”

Han Xiuhua smiled slightly: "Boli, take the meaning of Bowen and make a gift, and the quality of the text is both." As he spoke, he was busy taking care of the child again.

When the nurse hugged the child, I looked at Han Xiuhua's gentle and graceful eyebrows, and her bright eyes suddenly fixed on her delicate face, "I heard that the commander Xiao Liangxiao in front of the emperor is quite appreciated by His Majesty, and he has just been promoted to General Zuo by His Majesty recently, and his position is higher than Han Zi." Sister Han, are you happy? ”

Han Xiuhua was stunned for a moment, hesitated, and then smiled calmly, "Good and dignified, how can Hua Zhaorong bring up irrelevant people." Xiao Liang, I don't know this person, how happy can I talk about? ”

"Irrelevant people?" I pretended to be disappointed, "I thought Sister Han had a lot to do with Xiao Liang, otherwise how could Sister Han hide for him that night that there were weapons in the box containing musical instruments?" ”

For a moment, the smile on Han Xiuhua's face froze like snow, "Hua Zhaorong, you can't talk nonsense. ”

I said with a straight face: "Sister Han, if the Ming people don't say dark words, there is no need to beat around the bush between you and me." I know that you, and Xiao Liang, are members of the Fuliang Society. ”

Han Xiuhua's bright eyes widened instantly, and he was about to jump up in shock. I stretched out my slender porcelain white hand, held her slender hand, and stabilized her, "Sister, don't get excited, don't be in a hurry to quibble." Let's listen to me slowly, and see what I say, is that what it is? ”

"After the assassination case of Chongyun Palace, I suspected that Xiao Liang had other intentions, sister, what did you say at that time?" I glanced at her shallowly, hiding the wit, "You said at the time that Xiao Liang had saved His Majesty's life, and he would not have ill intentions towards His Majesty. But sister, I only told you that there was a guard who saved His Majesty's life, and I didn't say which guard saved His Majesty, how do you know that Xiao Liang saved Your Majesty? Your Majesty has already ordered someone to keep this matter shut, and it is impossible for the palace people to tell you, so the only one who knows about this matter and can inform you of this matter is me, Your Majesty, Xiao Liang. I didn't tell you, Your Majesty didn't tell you, then, there is only Xiao Liang. ”

"Xiao Liang can tell you about this, which shows that you know each other and have private contacts. So that night you told me that you didn't know Xiao Liang was lying! As for why you are lying, it must be because you have an ulterior secret between you. Later, I thought back to it, that night, the reason why you advised me not to open those boxes was not because of any suspicion of men and women, but because you were afraid that when I checked the boxes, I would find murderous weapons inside. Therefore, the assassination that night is absolutely inseparable from you and Xiao Liang, you are the people of the Fuliang Society, and you are the internal response of the Fuliang Society in the palace! ”

I looked at Han Xiuhua's gradually turning white face, and continued: "I have long thought that you and Xiao Liang were weird that night, and they were nervous as soon as they heard that they were going to open the box, so I tested you later, but I didn't expect to let me try out the loopholes in your words just like this." ”

Han Xiuhua tried his best to control his emotions, and said in a calm tone: "As you said, if Xiao Liang and I are members of the Fuliang Society and want to kill Your Majesty, then why does Xiao Liang still save Your Majesty, wouldn't it be easier to just stand by and let Your Majesty fall off his horse and die?" ”

Exegesis:

(1) The title is from the Tang Dynasty Du Fu's "The Night Snow in the Boat Has Huailu Fourteen Servants" "Darkness Nanlou Yue"