Lin De Hall is in the west of Taiye Pond, is the place where the Tang Emperor deals with government affairs in the inner palace, and it is also the place where Cui Xiaofu usually reviews and reads the folds and occasionally listens to some ministers' countermeasures.

"Summoning Zhang Huan, the governor of Liangzhou, to meet you!"

"Summoning Zhang Huan, the governor of Liangzhou, to meet you!"

A high-pitched voice came from the depths of the Lin De Palace, which is the general name of a huge building complex, with majestic palace pavilions overlapping on top of each other, high walls and heavy guards.

At this time, an elderly eunuch slowly walked out of the palace with a hunched back, and his thin body looked extremely small against the background of the grand palace city, and he walked in front of Zhang Huan, but bowed his head deeply.

"Dumb uncle!" Zhang Huan called softly, the old eunuch was shocked, raised a face full of deep wrinkles, he silently looked at Zhang Huan, the child he raised since childhood, his eyes suddenly shot out of a deep feeling.

"Queen Mother, Xuan you!" The short four words were extremely difficult to say in his mouth, and after speaking, he lowered his head in shame and walked forward silently with Zhang Huan.

Zhang Huan didn't speak, he followed the dumb uncle slowly like this, and walked to the door of the side hall, the dumb uncle stopped, pointed inside, and motioned Zhang Huan to go in by himself.

Zhang Huan gently patted him on the shoulder and said softly: "I heard that you are not dead, and I am very, very happy in my heart." With that, he strode into the side hall, and the dumb uncle stared blankly at his vigorous and tall back, unconsciously. A tear of joy rolled out of the cloudy old eyes.

"Zhang Huan, the governor of Liangzhou, see the Queen Mother!" Zhang Huan walked into the side hall and bowed to Cui Xiaofu.

The side hall is not big, there are more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids standing on both sides, and in the middle is a huge ground gauze curtain hanging down from the top, separating the side hall into two. Through the gauze curtain, Cui Xiaofu's figure could be seen dimly.

"Give Zhang Dudu a seat!"

Cui Xiaofu's smiling voice came from behind the curtain. "I haven't seen you for a few months, and you've impressed the mourning family again."

A palace maid laid a soft mat for Zhang Huan, Zhang Huan sat down, bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Zhang Huan is in Hexi for the imperial court, and he has the intention to regain the lost territory for my Tang Dynasty, but the soldiers are weak and the food is scarce, and the city armor is incomplete, so this time I returned to Beijing to report on my work, but more importantly, I want to get the support of the imperial court, especially the support of the queen mother." ”

"The mourners really want to support you. It's a pity that the mourners don't have this power. Cui Xiaofu smiled helplessly, she waved her hand, and ordered the eunuch and the palace maid to go down, and soon, the people in the side hall were all clean, leaving only Cui Xiaofu and Zhang Huan.

Cui Xiaofu slowly walked to the curtain and brushed the floor to pull the curtain open. With a gloomy face, she stared at Zhang Huan and asked word by word: "At the beginning, you said that you were going to go to the place to establish a foundation, and said that you were willing to be loyal to me. The mourning family believed it, but in the end, you betrayed the mourning family and took refuge in Pei Jun, how do you explain this to the mourning family? Could it be that you also saw that the mourning family had no power and power, so you couldn't learn from such snobbish villains. Zhang Huan. If that's the case, you're too disappointed to mourn. ”

"What the Queen Mother said is really speechless. Zhang Huan did snub the Queen Mother a little, but the Queen Mother was very serious about the two words of betrayal. “

Zhang Huan sneered softly, and he said slowly: "Dafan betrayal refers to harming the interests of the original owner and going to the enemy party, and who is the enemy of the Queen Mother?" It was Zhang Liangdi, who regarded you as a thorn in his side, and Cui Yuan, who is now suppressing you everywhere, indeed, I took refuge in Pei Jun, and this is also for my development plan in Hexi, if I really betrayed the Queen Mother, then when you announce that I am in the palace, I can call myself sick and not come, what can you do with me? This is not the case, it is precisely because I remember the kindness of the Queen Mother to me that I gladly entered the palace to meet me, but the Queen Mother took a blow to the head and kept saying that I betrayed, where did I start? ”

Cui Xiaofu looked at him, and after a while, she hesitated and asked, "You mean, you are still loyal to the mourning family?" ”

Zhang Huan stood up, stepped forward and half-knelt and said, "The minister's loyalty to the Queen Mother has never disappeared for a moment. ”

"You two-faced guy has a sweet mouth!" Cui Xiaofu's eyes were full of smiles, as long as Zhang Huan was willing to listen to her words, she waved her hand and smiled: "Forget it, the mourning family is not embarrassed for you, how many loyal people are there in this world, if you are really loyal to the mourning family, you will not have today's achievements, just let the mourning family cooperate with you!" ”

Zhang Huan saw that Cui Xiaofu had already spoken, so he also smiled and said frankly: "It is indeed a pleasure to talk with the Queen Mother, and today the Queen Mother announced that Zhang Huan entered the palace must also have something to order, the Queen Mother, please speak directly." ”

Cui Xiaofu sat down slowly, she pondered for a while and said: "Duan Xiushi has obtained the land of spiritual martial arts, but the name is not right, the mourning family wants to make him the envoy of the Shuofang Festival, but there is no one available around, I hope you can help the mourning family, and the mourning family will be rewarded in the future." ”

"Then can the Queen Mother stop Cui Ning from marrying the Wang family?" Zhang Huan asked lightly.

A hint of apology flashed in Cui Xiaofu's eyes, and she shook her head helplessly, "Cui Yuan is very stubborn, and the mourning family has persuaded him several times to no avail, he has already decided that you will definitely be his political enemy in the future, and he will not agree to you no matter what, so there is no way for the mourning family to do this matter." ”

"I'm just asking casually, and I don't force the Queen Mother to do this." Zhang Huan stood up, bowed to Cui Xiaofu and said with a smile: "Time is pressing, Zhang Huan will not delay, and he will retire!" ”

Cui Xiaofu smiled but didn't say anything, and kept watching him out.

Leaving the Lin De Palace, Zhang Huan rode on a horse and walked quickly to the outside of the Daming Palace under the escort of several guards, at this time the sky was already dusk, the sunset had set, the sky was left with the last faint blood red, a semi-full moon in the west rose, showing a translucent color, coldly shining on the ice of the Taiye Pool, the leaves of the poplars and birches by the lake have fallen, but the pine trees and fir trees mixed with it are luxuriant, and in the half-light and half-dark night, it seems that the cavalry in armor stands.

In front of Zhang Huandi is a flower wall, a few plum trees are gradually withering, hanging on the branches in ruins, the road in front of him is divided into two, one leads to the harem on the east side of the Taiye Pond, and the other passes through the flower wall, leading to the outside of the Daming Palace, both roads are deserted, there is no one.

"Zhang Dudu, please hurry up!" Several palace guards urged.

Zhang Huan hesitated, urged the horse, and passed through the flower wall, at this moment, the ring was crisp, and a slender and light beauty shadow quickly rushed from the other to this side, she saw that Zhang Huan's figure was about to disappear, and a sad voice finally shouted from her mouth: "Huan Lang, you stop!" ”

There was no response, Zhang Huandi's figure finally disappeared behind the dense bushes, Cui Ning's thin body stood in the cold wind, there was no trace of blood on her pale face, her tears had dried up, she only felt pain, so painful that her waist couldn't stand up.

I don't know how long it took, Cui Ning sat on the big rock by the lake with her knees crossed, the cold wind froze her face and hands red, but she seemed to be unconscious, her beautiful eyes stared at the cold moonlight on the lake, and she was immersed in the memories of the past.

Miss Cui, do you believe it or not? If there's a big worm in there, I'll throw you in first!

I am actually the concubine of the Zhang family in Hedong, and my father is Shi Zhang Ruojun, the magistrate of Fenyang County, who is ranked eighteen in the family, so my name is Eighteen Lang, if Miss Cui is willing, it is okay to call me Zhang Eighteen!

It was their first acquaintance, he kidnapped her in order to save his friend, and she had forgotten the harm he had done to her, and what she couldn't forget was his broad and warm shoulders, which she had longed to carry her all the way on, but

Cui Ning's lips trembled slightly, tears welled up in her eyes, she would never see him again, he had sworn to marry him, but did he do it? He is about to become someone else's bride, and he is ruthlessly gone.

This is an oath, something that I Zhang Huan decides, no one can stop me!

"Zhang Eighteen, you lied to me!" Cui Ning finally cried bitterly, her hands covered her face tightly, tears seeped out from her fingers, she trembled all over, like a small tree in a storm, about to fall.

At this moment, two warm hands held her thin and weak shoulders, so firm, as if sheltering the little tree from the raging storm.

"I didn't lie to you, didn't I come?"

Cui Ning looked back in surprise, and in front of her was a smiling black and thin face, which was Huan Lang, who she had been haunted by and met night and night in the Western Regions.

She looked at him blankly, only to feel as if she was in a dream, tears were like pearls with broken threads, one by one along the pale and beautiful face slid down the placket, Zhang Huan slowly helped her up, looking at her pitiful and heartbreaking tearful face, he forgot to take her into his arms, Cui Ning was like a lonely sail lost in the sea finally returned to the harbor, she pulled Ailang's clothes tightly, couldn't hold back anymore, and cried bitterly