Rao reached out and traced the dark shadow he had landed on the curtain in the void.

In the Qingwa House in Qingzhou, his desk was set up in the bedroom, and in the middle of the night, when she was lying on the bed, the candlelight cast his reading figure into the curtain, and she liked to use her fingers to trace his shadow on the curtain.

The black shadow stood up, grew larger, and withdrew his hand gracefully. He lifted the curtain and his gaze fell on her face.

"Haven't slept yet?" He sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the wound on her neck.

Rao Di turned her face away, "It's going to sleep." ”

"Ah ......"

"My lord, I'm Rao."

He pinched her chin and met her eyes, which shimmered with a thin light, like a starlight in the night sky.

"Crying for what?"

"Didn't cry."

He reached into the quilt, touched her cold hands and feet, paused, unbuttoned his coat and lay down in the quilt, and hugged her tightly in his arms, wishing that there was no gap between the two.

Rao Di was a little stuffy, but she smelled the faint sandalwood fragrance on his clothes, but she was inexplicably relieved. It's like when she bumps into a person in the dark woods, she knows it's him, and she feels at ease.

"Yan Bing......" Her tears soaked his clothes.

Shen Zhu pressed the back of her head with his big hand, looked up at her flushed cheeks, and looked at the moist red lips. The wall of his heart that he had built with great difficulty collapsed, and the two cool lips caught her rosiness, pried open the teeth, and absorbed the sweetness inside.

Rao Tu couldn't help but put her arms around his neck, and his black and white hair hung down to her neck socket, a little itchy. She couldn't help but respond to his tenderness, just like Ah Yu back then, responding to her banquet with a youthful expression.

This soft and fragrant body is his Ayu, the Ayu he has lost for so many years!

Rao's hot skin felt his slightly cold fingers, and couldn't help but tremble slightly, and her heart instantly crossed the dark sky like a bolt of lightning, and she remembered Lu Zhiming's words - peach blossom dew is poisonous, if you do the bed again, he will die faster than you.

Stopping the movement that was tangling his body, she jerked her hand up to push him.

Shen Zhu looked up at her, his eyes were filled with a certain lustful color, panting heavily, and he called out "Ah Yu......"

Rao Di trembled and grabbed her already messy clothes, "You get ...... out"

He was stunned for a moment, a little confused in his eyes, reached out and gathered her clothes, and then wrapped his hands around her waist, and hugged her tightly.

Rao Tu burst into tears, and she couldn't help whimpering, "Shen Zhu, I'm ruthless to you...... I hate you to death...... Why don't you die ......"

His eyes reddened, "I didn't want this life a long time ago, so it's better for you to take it...... It's better to die in your arms. ”

He hugged her tightly and wouldn't let go.

Rao Tu picked at his hand vigorously, his fingertips digging into the flesh and pinching the blood, but he hugged it tighter.

She was tired, pinched, and fell into a deep sleep. And he, his lips trembled in the darkness, and he wept silently.

She opened her eyes as the light faded into his, tired eyes. His eyes moved, and it fell on his snow-like hair.

White-headed overnight.

In an instant, her heart was pinched together.

He smiled gently, "My body is getting colder and colder, and I can't cover your hands hot." You have cold hands and feet, it seems that after you go back, you will have to spread a few more geothermal ...... in the warm pavilion of Meihuawu."

Rao Di broke free from his arms, he didn't seem to have the slightest strength, and with a gentle push from her, he let go of the arm that was holding her. She wrapped up her clothes and said coldly, "I'm not going back." ”

He let out a tired "um", "It's okay...... The peach blossoms in Qingzhou are about to bloom, early spring, accompany me to lie in Qingzhou. ”

The sound grew quieter and quieter, until finally, barely audible, he slowly closed his eyes.

Rao Di's heart was slightly cold, and she crawled over and pushed him, but there was no response. She couldn't help but panic and shouted a few times: "Shen Zhu! ”

He didn't respond, and in the dream, he returned to Qingzhou. That year, she accepted his hairpin made of sandalwood and smiled brightly under the peach tree.

Lu Zhiming was standing outside the hut, facing the pitch-black Qimen forest in front of him, he stretched out his hand to pinch the trick, and when he heard the sound of Rao, he pushed the door in, kneaded a few times on several acupoints around Shen Zhu's body, and said softly while probing his pulse: "Poison can hurt people, but love is death." ”

When Rao Di heard the word death, she shook her head and cried: "He is such a heinous person, and the king of Hades is unwilling to accept him, how can he die?" ”

Xiao Yanning also stepped into the room, and he took out two porcelain bottles from his sleeve, one for Lu Zhiming and one for Rao Tu.

"Two antidotes, Mr. Lu, I'll give Lord Shen one first."

Lu Zhiming poured out a scarlet pill from the porcelain bottle, fed Shen Zhu to take it, and put his palm on his back to help him restrain it.

Xiao Yanning looked at Rao Tu and said in a calm tone: "The other one you take, you need to give it to him after three months to completely poison it." If you don't want to save him, you can return it to me, or you can throw it away. If you haven't thought about it yet, think about it first. ”

Rao Tu held the porcelain vase tightly in her hand, stared at Shen Zhu, who was full of white silk, and did not speak.

Five days later, he slowly woke up, and he was already in the dormitory of the Shen Mansion. There was no one else in the room, he shouted "Ah Yu", Yang Qian ran in from outside, and replied: "Mrs. Rao has gone to Meihuawu, and it was the fifth prince who sent the adults back." ”

He covered his chest, which was not as clogged and dull as a few days ago, and he took a few breaths slowly and asked, "Is Mrs. Rao okay?" ”

"Madame is fine, just ......"

"What?"

"Mrs. Rao asked Mrs. Pei's coffin to be brought back to the ancestral grave of the Shen family in Qingzhou."

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a while, he said tiredly, "Got it." ”

"When the fifth prince left, he said, please ask the prince to give him an answer after welcoming the palace banquet of the northern envoy."

Shen Zhu nodded, "When is the palace banquet?" ”

"Tomorrow night."

"I ...... Been sleeping for five days? He was a little surprised.

"Yes, the emperor has just come to edict, and after the lord wakes up, he will go to the palace."

"Let's get ready."

The maidservant presented the white-clothed crane supplement that had just been sent by the palace manufacturing bureau, which was the court dress system of the waiter of the Liang Rite Department. Shen Zhu put on his court clothes and rode towards the palace.

The people in the downtown area only saw one person, white clothes, white hair, cold and handsome face, slender and straight, riding on a big horse is really a fairy-like character!

The girl blushed, the woman looked away, and the faces of the boys who boasted of being suave and wandering the streets with a folding fan were clearly jealous.

There is no such character in the world! Some people recognized him as Lord Shen Zhushen, who had just been promoted to the Ministry of Rites, and was even more jealous in his heart, secretly thinking that this God was unfair, not only gave him such a handsome appearance, but also married a beautiful and unbelievable stunner woman as a concubine, but the saint named Mrs. Ru Wanyi Junjun!

I even heard that his eldest lady went, and the emperor wanted to marry Princess Xunyang to him as a continuation.

Why did all the good things in the world take up all the good things in the world that his surname Shen?

Shen Zhu's eyes did not squint, and went straight towards the palace gate, things in the world are like people drinking water, and they just know whether they are warm or cold.

In the imperial study of the palace, the old emperor who was criticizing Zhu heard that Shen Zhu asked to see him, and he was summoned into the palace. When Shen Zhu entered the palace, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of two other people in the hall, Princess Xunyang and Prince Yu Xiao Yanlie.

Shen Zhu's face was expressionless, and the emperor raised his eyes to glance at him, and said, "Shen Qing is sick, so there is no need to make a big salute." ”

Shen Zhu bowed slightly when he heard this, "Thank Emperor Longen." ”

The old emperor looked at his new court clothes and said, "Your white court clothes are very good for your white hair. I used to joke that Shen Zhu was white-headed, and I don't know how many women in the city who love you are chilling, but now it seems that his bearing has not diminished at all, but he is even more handsome. ”

Shen Zhuwen said: "The emperor joked about the ministers. ”

The emperor suddenly sighed again: "When I heard that your eldest lady has passed away, my heart is very painful, so I should mourn and change." ”

Shen Zhu bowed his head and was silent.

"Tomorrow night's palace banquet, I ordered Xunyang to organize it with you, and you naturally know the seat. It's just another instruction to include the position of Prince Yu on the left. ”

"Wechen takes orders."

"Well, I'm tired, you and Xunyang should go down." The old emperor waved his hand, supported by Prince Yu, and got up and went to the inner hall behind the curtain.

Shen Zhu withdrew from the imperial study and walked alone on the white marble royal road. Princess Xunyang chased after her and shouted, "Lord Shen stays." ”

Shen Zhu paused slightly, turned back to her and made a gesture, "What advice does the princess have?" ”

Princess Xunyang stared at him humbly receiving the gift, and was angry in her heart, so she forced herself down and said softly: "How is your body?" There is a miracle doctor in the palace, how about he let him see for you? ”

"Don't bother Your Highness, Weichen is fine."

"What's wrong with your hair? Be...... Is it because of Pei's? ”

Shen Zhu didn't answer, but said respectfully: "There are some things in Weichen's family, let's take a step first." ”

Princess Xunyang grabbed his cuffs, Chu Chu was pitiful: "Lord Shen, you are so disgusted with this palace that you don't even want to say a word?" ”

Shen Zhu didn't look at her, but said calmly: "In the next scholar, the princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, and she has not yet left the pavilion." I'm afraid that talking too much will damage the princess's reputation. ”

Princess Xunyang had tears in her eyes, and she simply said everything in her heart, "Since I met you, I am still a princess, but if you want to marry me, I am willing to be a concubine for you, how can I have any reputation at all?" ”

"The princess is cautious, and Shen Zhucheng is honestly afraid."

Xun Yang firmly grasped his cuffs, "I just said carelessly, Shen Zhu, what's wrong with me?" Am I not beautiful enough or not graceful enough? Where can it be compared to the vicious Pei family, and where can it not be compared to the lowly-born Raodi? ”

"The princess is as beautiful as a flower, and she is generous and decent, neither Pei nor Rao Tu can talk to the princess on the same day, even Shen Zhu is ashamed of himself in front of the princess, but in fact, Shen Zhu is incompetent and has nothing to do with other people."

"You lied to me! Shen Zhu, you don't want to marry me, not because of these, but because of my status as a princess. You like me too, don't you? After I marry you, I won't restrict your freedom, I will treat Rao Tu well, do you know, she was named Wanyi Junjun, the word Wanyi, or did I propose it to my father, do you like it? ”

A little gloom flashed in Shen Zhu's eyes, and he suddenly raised his head to look at the princess who couldn't ask for it, and said coldly: "If Weichen really doesn't want to marry the princess, what should you do?" ”

"You will marry me, otherwise, the true identity of the woman in your mansion will not be covered, do you think if my father knows that she is the daughter of a criminal minister in Xuanzhou, what will my father do with her?" Princess Xunyang said while trembling and crying.

Shen Zhu said lightly: "Is the princess threatening Shen? ”

"You're so smart that you should know why. In fact, my father has long known about that woman's life experience, as long as you marry me, she will only be a concubine, and she will not be the daughter of a Xuanzhou criminal minister. ”

"If I only have half a year to live, do you still want to marry me?"

"No, I asked the divine doctor, the white head overnight is just caused by the agitation of grief and anger, are you because of Pei's death? It's going to be fine in the future......"

"Enough! Your Royal Highness Princess, Shen clearly told you today that once your third brother, Prince Yu, sits firmly on the dragon chair, he will definitely not spare my life! ”

"No, I will marry you, how can the third brother kill you?"

"The royal family is cold, do you need me to say more in front of the princess?"

Princess Xunyang stomped her feet, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay!" Even if he wants to kill you, what's the matter with me and you staying away from the capital and returning to the forest spring? Even if you die, why should I go to hell with you? Anyway, if I can't get you, it's better to live than to die. ”

Shen Zhu stared at Her Royal Highness the princess for the first time, and after a while, a cold smile appeared in his eyes, and he arched his hand towards her, turned around and walked away quickly.

Things in the world are always easier said than done. Many words are sincere at the moment they are spoken, but how many people can do it at that time? He knew that there was no woman in the world who would marry him when he had nothing, and be infatuated with him when he was left out.

There won't be.

Princess Xunyang looked at his back in a daze, she clenched her fists, her teeth gurgling.

The golden branches and jade leaves of this big beam could only be understood after many years, and it turned out that the love she loved in this life was not the real Shen Zhu, but just the cool shadow of him she imagined. The girl's love has turned into obsession, which is the source of the tragedy of her life.

Shen Zhu stepped on horseback, walked along the royal road of the outer city wall of the imperial city to the jade road of Guozijian, and under the archway across the street, he accidentally found a carriage parked below, and out of the carriage came a woman dressed in goose yellow clothes, but it was a beautiful woman.

She helped the mountain ghost to walk to a poor little beggar under the archway, the little beggar was only seven or eight years old, skinny, full of coal black, a bird's nest, saw a bright lady come to the front, he knelt and kowtowed, and said something in his mouth, "Mrs. reward some copper plates...... Madame reward some copper plates......"

Rao Tu looked down at the little beggar with a smile, instead of squatting down and giving him a few pieces of silver like a good-hearted woman, she raised her foot and kicked the little beggar in front of the pedestrians on the street, covered her nose and said with disgust: "Dirty and eyesore!" ”

Shen Zhu frowned imperceptibly, seeing her bypass the little beggar and walk towards him, showing a bright smile, "Why did your lord delay in the palace for so long?" Rao Tu is in a hurry. ”

Her bad behavior made passers-by dare not speak out, and even the guards guarding the gate of the Guozijian had angry faces.

Shen Zhu's heart moved slightly, he had already figured out what she was doing, sneered, got off the horse and held her hand, pulled her back to the carriage, and said to the mountain ghost who was driving: "Go back to the house, don't you think your master is ashamed?" ”

The mountain ghost drove away, and Rao Tu leaned against the wall of the car, "Anyway, the scholars of the Guozijian treat me as a scourge, saying that I killed the Pei family, since I took on the false name for no reason, I simply ignored it." ”

Shen Zhu repeated lightly: "For no reason? ”

"Do you think that Pei Shi was killed by me?"

He stopped talking, lifted the curtain and looked back, only to see a nest of pedestrians running madly to the little beggar who had been kicked by Rao Tu to put money and food in front of him, and a young Confucian student from the Guozijian came out and led the child into the gate of the Guozijian.

Shen Zhu knew in his heart that the little beggar would be able to do a lot of knowledge in the future in Guozijian, even if he was just a sweeper. What's more, he knew that the scholars of Guozijian would not ask the little beggar to do any rough work, but would rush to teach him to read and write.

Just because this little beggar was kicked by the demon girl, their national eunuch had to take care of him in every way, which was probably the jealousy and hatred of the scholar.

Shen Zhu sighed: "I'm afraid that in the future, all the beggars in the city will run to the archway of the Guozijian, pouting their butts one by one and waiting for you to kick them." ”

Rao Tu smiled bitterly: "There are a lot of unsightly words about me in the city, and I use them to do good deeds, which is not bad." If you protect me again, I am afraid that even your reputation will deteriorate in the future. ”

Shen Zhu looked at her: "Are you also afraid of these gossips?" ”

"I used to be scared, but now I'm not afraid."

He stared into her eyes, bitter in his heart, before? Was it when he was out on a study tour and she was waiting at home?

Rao Tu pinned her face to the side to prevent him from looking, "When I came to the capital, I really saw a lot of ruthless calculations, aren't you tired of living in this Jinling City?" ”

He reached out and put his arm around her shoulder, "Come out for a trip, just to show your face in front of the national prison?" ”

"I said I was waiting for you, do you believe it or not?"

"I don't believe it."

She chuckled, but her eyes were cold, "I don't believe it either." It's too stuffy to panic and want to come out and take a look. I haven't visited this Jinling City much, I used to yearn for it, I always wanted to come and see, but now I see it, but Er'er, it's not a big deal. ”

He gently rested her head on his shoulder, "I'll show you the lanterns later." ”

The gentle tone seemed to be his promise to Ah Yu back then, when he said: "The lantern festival in Jinling City is very lively, and I will take you to see the prosperity in the future." ”

Rao Tu was silent, leaning against his chest and gently closing her eyes.

"After the palace banquet, the emperor will definitely issue an order to marry Princess Xunyang to me." He said lightly.

"Adults can decide for themselves." Her voice was muter.

"If I don't agree, you can't hide your identity as a remnant of Xuanzhou's criminal minister." He looked down at her.

Rao Di didn't speak, and she didn't even tremble her eyelashes.

Her indifference made Shen Zhu a little disappointed, in fact, he knew that even if the identity of Xuanzhou's criminal minister Yu couldn't be hidden, what could he do, anyway, it was just a disguise for her.

He just wanted to hear her say it herself.

The palace banquet for foreign ministers, as Shen Zhu's concubine, naturally couldn't go, not to mention that the rules in the palace were not allowed, even if it was granted by the emperor's holy decree, she didn't want to go, for fear of being drowned by the spitting stars of those Confucians.

However, Rao Di didn't stay on the plum blossom dock honestly, and somehow became interested, pulling the mountain ghost to buy lanterns.

The mountain ghost was also inexplicable, walking on the quiet street with Rao Di, "There are still some days before the Lantern Festival, so I said that there are no lanterns." The little girl muttered while kicking the stones on the road.

Rao Tu asked: "Mountain ghost, do you think that the lanterns in this city will all be sold to the palace?" It is estimated that a lot of lamps will be used to entertain the envoys of the northern border. ”

The mountain ghost shook his head in disagreement: "The lights in the palace are all made and operated by the Internal Affairs Bureau, how can the lights outside flow into the palace?" ”

Rao Di looked at a figure on the road ahead, and suddenly stopped, the shadow approached, with a radiant look, wearing a light green robe, and a delicate golden flute around his waist, but it was Nangong Yiwu.

Rao Di smiled slightly: "Why didn't Nangong Gongzi go to the palace for a banquet?" ”

Nangong Yiwu smiled at her and said, "How can I have that qualification?" Why didn't Sister Rao go? ”

"Like you, I naturally don't have that qualification."

Nangong Yiwu laughed, "What's the point of the banquet in the palace, it's not happy to keep those rules, why don't I invite my sister to eat hot pot?" ”

"Hot pot?"

"Exactly, in Yongzi Lane near here, there is a thirty-year-old shop, the bottom of the pot is the recipe from Shudi, it is very pure, and the business is also very hot, I just wonder if we can get a seat and try our luck?"

The mountain ghost was eager to try, and secretly pushed Raodi.

Rao Tu smiled: "Then ask Childe to lead the way." ”

Nangong Yiwu led the two of them to a remote alley, and before he could take a few steps, he smelled the strong smell of hot pot wafting from inside, spicy and fragrant, and the mountain ghost swallowed his saliva and unconsciously quickened his pace.

The façade of the hot pot restaurant is very inconspicuous, and there is not even a signboard, but when Rao Tu saw the luxurious carriage parked outside the restaurant, she knew that everyone who came here to consume was either rich or expensive. Walking into the small shop, it was steaming, and it was already full of customers.

Rao Di walked to an empty table near the window, and sat down directly, regardless of the crystal clear jade gourd placed on the table.

Nangong Yiwu couldn't stop it, so he had to sit down and smile and say, "Grandma, I didn't expect you to make trouble today, why do I have to be unlucky every time I meet you?" ”

"Every time, the son is kind to invite, but it is disrespectful." Rao Tu smiled.

Nangong Yiwu frowned and thought about it, the first time they met, he shouted that he wanted to borrow Shen Zhu's cave room to spend candle night, and then robbed the woman, thinking about it carefully, she really didn't seem to resist, and reminded him very kindly that flower thieves shouldn't be like that.

Nangong Yiwu couldn't help patting his forehead and smiled bitterly.

A young man wearing bright yellow brocade walked in surrounded by a group of fox friends and dogs, looked around the house, and saw that Rao Tu had not yet served food on the table, his eyes fell on her light back, and he didn't look at her face, just looked at the green silk and graceful waist, and knew that he was a beauty.

Brother Gongzi smiled a little playfully, "Yo, which little lady is this?" Do you mind sharing a seat with my brother? ”

A gentleman beside him smiled and said, "Little lady, you have good luck today, you are looked down upon by Zhou Gongzi, and you eat at the same table, if you can speak, maybe...... You can also go to Zhou Gongzi's house to talk about it, if there is fate, it is not impossible to go to Zhou Gongzi's bed to talk in detail. ”

Rao Tu kept her back to the crowd, ignoring the teasing, just holding the jade wine gourd on the table and looking at it carefully. Those people just thought they were shy little girls who had never seen the world, and they were stupid and stupid because of the teasing, and they laughed more and more unscrupulously.

Nangong Yiwu stood up and nodded and smiled at that Zhou Gongzi: "Brother Zhou also came to eat hot pot?" ”

The prince surnamed Zhou squinted his eyes and looked at it, his eyes showed undisguised disdain, he naturally knew Nangong Yiwu in front of him, but even if he knew that he was the only grandson of Nangong Rumu, the great Confucian of the country, he didn't take it to heart.

Guozijian is Qingshui Yamen, even if it is a Confucian of Guozijian, it is just a dignified three-grade official position, but this son-in-law surnamed Zhou is Zhou Heng, the little son of Zhou Jilian, who was a servant of the court and the central secretary. He relied on his father's official hat to be powerful in the capital, how could he ever care about the grandson of a Confucian son of the country?

Zhou Heng didn't speak, and the fox friends around him started to coax again. "Isn't this the little young master Nangong? Why, did you ask Willow about this store? ”

Nangong Yiwu smiled and was not angry, he pointed at Rao Tu with his chin, and reminded kindly: "This sister can't be provoked, you should be cautious." ”

Zhou Hengyi commanded, pushed on Nangong Yiwu's shoulder, and said impatiently: "You get up and get out of the way for me, and I'll discuss it with this little lady." ”

Nangong Yiwu smiled: "Are you sure you don't want to discuss with me, you want to discuss with her?" ”