At the same time.

Datang, Taiji Palace.

Hearing the report clearly, Li Zhi immediately frowned: "You said that your uncle wants to see Mei Niang?" ”

"Yes."

Li Zhi was silent for a long time before he said lightly: "What about Mei Niang?" But what did you say? ”

"Not yet...... However, the recent rumors about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are also from the handwriting of Uncle Yuan, and most of them are related to this matter. ”

Qinghe was silent for a while before he said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that for His Royal Highness the Prince, Niangniang is going to have some oil and salt with Uncle Yuan." ”

"No, it won't."

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "No." is how dissatisfied Mei Niang is, and she will not have a big deal with her uncle right now for such a thing. After all, she also knew that her uncle's heart was all on Hong'er, and he never leaned to the left. So it is inevitable that she will also be at ease for her uncle. I just think she's been ...... lately."

As for this, he suddenly stopped, looked up at Qinghe and said, "Mei Niang has mentioned Mrs. Rongguo's mother and daughter recently?" ”

"Not really."

Li Zhi suddenly felt a little uneasy, looked left and right before saying lightly: "That...... Has she been sending people to the Tai Chi Palace? ”

"This has not been broken day by day."

Li Zhi was silent, and only after a while did he say lightly: "That...... What else did the people who came say? ”

"This ......"

Qinghe fixed his mind and tried to think about it, but he just shook his head and said: "The people who come every day are still like that, polite and sincere. Nothing else. ”

Li Zhi sat up straight and asked softly, "Nothing else?" ”

"Nope."

After getting the reply of these two words, Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and immediately got up and moved to the Lizheng Palace.

Half an hour later, the government hall was established.

Sitting face to face like this, I have been sitting for a full moment.

But the two were silent. One holds a scroll of pen and ink, reading and annotating himself; One sat cross-legged and flat, staring blankly at the white smoke rising from a cup of hot tea on the desk.

After a while, Li Zhi suddenly said astringently: "Hong'er...... How are everything alright? ”

"Okay."

Mei Niang nodded, put down the pen, and looked at Li Zhi with a soft and calm gaze.

On the contrary, Li Zhi couldn't face such a gaze, and he was a little evasive, so he asked again after a long time: "Then you...... How are you doing? ”

"What's so bad? Good. ”

Mei Niang nodded, smiled lightly, picked up the pen and continued to read, and then said: "But Jiro has been busy with government affairs recently, don't be tired, otherwise, Mei Niang will arrange for someone to wash up with Jiro, and go to rest quietly for a while?" ”

Li Zhi shook his head and refused, picked up the tea bowl again, and wanted to drink, but put it down, looked at her sideways, and then shook his hands and said, "You...... Don't you want me to come? ”

"How so? Mei Niang these days, begging Jiro to come every day. Mei Niang smiled.

Li Zhi looked left and right, and the little attendants on both sides retreated on their own, and then he turned his head to look at Mei Niang: "You are not happy." ”

"Not happy? But where is the rejoicing? ”

Mei Niang was surprised: "Jiro is here, what is Mei Niang not happy about?" ”

Li Zhi looked at her, and his eyes suddenly calmed down for a long time:

"I told you a long time ago, in my life, I will never let you be wronged by others...... But I forgot that the first person in this world who shouldn't let you be wronged is me. I'm sorry for you. ”

With just one sentence, Mei Niang, who was originally smiling like a spring breeze, had red eyes, and tears poured out without the slightest warning.

The tears came so fast that she didn't even have time to put away the smile on the corner of her mouth, and as a result, two pools of tears were circled in the corner of her mouth.

She was a little unhappy—she was not happy that she had shed tears, so she opened her eyes wide and tried to stop the tears, but she did not expect them to flow more and more, and more and more, so that in a few moments, the fat powder on her face was washed clean, revealing her original white face.

Li Zhi panicked, opened his mouth, and wanted to reach out to touch her face, but he retracted his hand a little fearfully, and said for a long time: "You...... You ......"

"It's okay, it's just a ...... It's just that my heart has sunk a little bit these days, and I'm a little unhappy, so I'm crying like this, which makes Jiro worried. ”

Mei Niang saw that she couldn't stop crying, so she simply wiped the corners of her eyes, smiled slightly, and got up to wash her face in the back.

As soon as she took a step, she was suddenly grabbed by the waist and clung to her arms and refused to let go.

She stiffened, stiffened, trying to tell herself not to be too relieved by this, showing a somewhat broken expression with him-

He is the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, shouldering the life of the world. He shouldn't be too tired.

It's just that the warm embrace is approaching again and again, and although she struggles hard, it is difficult for her to withstand the breath that people have to rely on.

Finally, the smile she had tried to keep began to break down, and she reached out to break his hand hard, but she couldn't break it, she couldn't tear it off.

Several efforts were to no avail, but tears condensed more and more in his eyes......

In the end, this strong woman, after all, was still tired and sad, cried loudly, and desperately slapped the man who was holding herself in her arms and refused to let go:

"Let it go...... You let it go......"

Li Zhi didn't say anything, just silently grabbed her, let her fight, let her cry, and let her struggle—just blindly didn't let go.

Mei Niang cried, crying loudly, crying with great sadness - she didn't know who she was crying for, and she didn't know what she was crying for.

She just felt that she seemed to have accumulated a lot of pain in her heart, a lot of pain, who she wanted to talk to, but she never dared to confide in him-

Even if he was the closest person to her, he was the one she could rely on the most......

She didn't dare.

Because she is afraid, afraid of her own demands and dependence, it will make him feel troublesome and tired, and he can't help but want to let go.

She wants to be his most lovable wife, the most sensible wife, and the most considerate wife...... Because she always felt that only in this way could he always hold her in his arms like this, and give her the warmth and dependence she had longed for all her life.

So she endured it all the time, kept putting up with it......

However, after all, she still couldn't bear it, all these years of sourness, all these years of suffering, all these years of pain, all these years of fear, all these years of injury, all these years of ......

Everything finally gathered into these countless tears, which trickled down her face, washing her perfect makeup, revealing her face, which had been unconsciously dyed pale by the thick fat powder.

She was tired.

Really tired.

Life is not easy, and love is even more difficult.

She really felt that she had loved this man too much over the years.

In the eyes of outsiders, he gave her everything - his infatuation, fine clothes and food, high-rise Qiongyu, the second highest position in the world...... But only she knows that these are not what she wants, but what he thinks, what she wants, what she is willing to want.

What she wants, what she is willing to want, from beginning to end, is just a home, a home that allows her to be safe and stable.

Instead of a cold palace that is deceitful, for the sake of power, for the sake of the world, it must be laughed and killed, and it must be blood-stained with white veil.

It wasn't what she wanted.

Not really.

No matter what the world thinks, for her, such an ending is not the ending of her dreams - no one wants to dip the wounds in their hearts to write the Spring and Autumn Period as a king, even if they are as decisive as she is.

It's not that she doesn't like power, and she doesn't love fame, but if such fame and fortune are to be exchanged, she has to pay such a price for it......

Even if she was full of displeasure and urgently needed to get rid of her own biological mother and sister, she couldn't bear it.

Really unbearable.