It's night.

Changan.

Tai Chi Palace.

Inside the forgotten Chengqing Palace.

Partial to His Highness, in the small attic.

Reflecting the moon in the window, only Shen Shu sat on the couch with his eyes half-closed, and did not speak for a long time.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes again, looked at the darkness in front of him, and suddenly smiled faintly:

"You're here."

"After all, Zhongshu Province belongs to the official house, if you don't go here, you will have to pass through the Suzhang Gate, but the road is not easy to walk.

but to keep you waiting. ”

A gentle voice sounded, and a long figure walked in and smiled faintly at him.

Shen Shu looked at the other party's thin face, and couldn't help but sink his eyebrows slightly, and his eyes revealed some heartache:

"All these years...... Bitter for you. ”

"It's okay, you have such a thin physique when you beat a child, and I'm a martial arts practitioner, it's rare to be able to become like this, naturally it's the best, isn't it?"

The other party smiled heartily, but he didn't seem to care about Shen Shu, sat on the couch, looked at him face-to-face for a few long days, and smiled:

"The queen really believes in you, and she is arranged here.

It's just that she hasn't met yet, so let's see each other. ”

"yes......

She really didn't expect that this move would really facilitate our meeting.

But it's bitter for you...... After all, the Jin Wuwei, who was refined by the first emperor and the lord for two generations, is an extraordinary person who can easily meet his front. ”

The other party laughed:

"That's what it was...... But I don't know if it's to hand over the canopy, after all, I actually got close to that person, and I actually got a secret map, and I know some secret passages in this Taiji Palace......

It's not much, but it's enough to be secured. ”

"Secret Passage?"

Shen Shu was also surprised, and while he poured some tea in the bowl with him, his eyes widened curiously:

"In this Taiji Palace, there is a secret passage?"

"Yes, how not."

The other party smiled, stretched out his hand and took the tea bowl and drank it in his mouth, and then said:

"You were young, so you don't remember.

However, when my father was there, the emperor said that there was a secret passage in this Taiji Palace. After all, this was the foundation of Yang Guang back then, and Dum Jun was suspicious by nature, so he would naturally build more, otherwise he would not dare to live here. ”

Putting down the tea bowl, he sighed softly:

"But......

I'm afraid I don't know much. After all, this secret path was also measured by him and the imperial aunt after the first emperor took the Taiji Palace......

In addition, there are many dark changes in the middle......

Don't say it's me, even that person is afraid that he doesn't know much.

Even he has a secret map in his hand right now. ”

Shen Shu couldn't help but widen his eyes:

"Even he can't believe it...... The imperial aunt is inevitably too careful. ”

"yes...... If it weren't for the fact that I had been with that person all these years, I wouldn't have felt that he was actually pitiful......

After doing the math, over the years, he has never had a day of peace, and even after the first emperor left, he was also laid down by the first emperor, and he was in it one by one.

And it's not just the first emperor...... Mingshu, over the years, I have been around this person, looking at him every day, and I always have a feeling......"

The other party hesitated:

"He seems to ...... In fact...... Maybe...... I always knew what kind of fate I would have, and I also knew that it was never the first emperor who calculated him. ”

Shen Shu raised his eyebrows, and after a while, he smiled hastily and said softly:

"Forgiveness...... It's been a long time since I've heard the third brother call me a little word......"

He is silent, and he is silent.

The next day, in the afternoon.

Lin You.

Wannian Palace.

Inside Chunhua Garden.

It's rare to have nothing to do today, and it happened that Sun Simiao entered the palace and did some routine inquiries with Mei Niang, and Xiao Hong'er was pulling his beard for a while, pulling his hair for a while, turning over the medicine box for a while, grabbing his clothes for a while, naughty, provoking Sun Simiao, Mei Niang couldn't concentrate, Li Zhi, who was originally guarding his beloved wife's consultation, raised his eyebrows, and simply fished it out with his big hands, and fished the little Hong'er in his arms when he was the most naughty and willful, and carried it on his shoulders, ignoring him yelling and not obeying, and ignoring him for crying and asking for his mother, so he laughed and took him out of the Dabao Hall directly, go to Hanzhang Gate, pass Cuiying Palace, until Chunhua Garden to see the two magical white deer that came from the Western Regions a few days ago.

Seeing the two white deer, Li Hong, who was originally crying and asking for his mother's kiss, stopped screaming, but just stared at the two heads of the grass full of gardens and jumped back and forth, chasing and playing in the grassland, and after a while, he struggled and kicked again, clamoring in his father's arms to go down to see the white deer.

Li Zhi saw that the plan had worked, and he was naturally happy to let this wild boy play, so he laughed, put him on the ground, and let him run to chase him.

It's just that since the garden is big, it is natural for such divine beasts to run back and forth, after all, the little Li Hong has short legs, so for a while, I saw him screaming and chasing all over the garden, and the little attendants also said that they couldn't follow behind the little highness, and they were sweating all the way to chase.

Li Zhi saw his beloved son staggering and chasing, and he was also happy in his heart, and laughed.

In the middle of Zhengle, I suddenly saw Li Hong accidentally fall to the ground and gnaw mud, and hurriedly rushed forward in shock, but when he saw the little attendants in horror and stepped forward to hug Li Hong, he said sharply:

"Don't touch him!"

For a while, all the little servants were so shocked that they couldn't stand on their knees, Li Zhi waved his sleeves and hurriedly ran to Li Hong's side, looking at the big phoenix eyes that seemed to be like himself and looking up at his beloved son who was about to cry and cry with mud and grass clippings, his heart hurt, he squatted down first, reached out and wiped his face for him, and then lowered his head and smiled, and gently whispered to the Jiao'er heart and liver who were waiting for him to pick him up as usual:

"Hong'er, do you want your father to pick you up?"

"Hmm...... It hurts ......."

"If your father picks you up, it's not impossible, but the next time you fall, your father and mother happen to be not around, who will help you up?"

"They ......"

Xiao Hong'er stretched out her hand and pointed around in a daze, thinking carefully about answering her father's questions, but throwing all the pain out of the nine heavenly clouds.

Li Zhi nodded, and said more gently:

"That'...... What if it just so happened that they weren't around? ”

Li Hong blinked his watery phoenix eyes, thought about it, and then looked like he wanted to cry:

"Don't go ......"

"My father won't leave, my mother won't leave you, and they won't leave you...... It's just my son, have you thought about it, if your father and mother are busy, and they are also supported by you to get other things for you, and there is no one around you to use, what will you do? ”

Little Li Hong blinked his round and big black and bright tearful phoenix eyes, his little face was stunned for a moment, and he immediately took his arrow sleeve to wipe away his tears, and said thoughtfully:

"Make ...... yourself"

"Yes, by yourself. Will you get up? ”

"Won't ......"

"Then do you want to learn from it now?"

"Yes!"

Children are always easy to rejoice, and they are always curious about everything, and after a loud answer, Li Hong struggled to get up and began the process of slowly getting up for the first time in his life without anyone to help him.

Li Zhi nodded, his eyes were full of emotion and pride as he watched Aiko get up by himself, he learned to be like a parent, cleaned his body well, and then opened his two little hands to hug the cute look.

With a slight smile, he reached out and hugged his good son, called left and right, and changed his clothes for him.

But Li Hong refused, but just twisted his body in his arms, pointing back and forth to the jumping white deer, saying that he must touch it with his own hands today before he was willing to change his clothes.

Li Zhi laughed, patted him, put him down, and let him go.

Seeing that small white figure chasing two larger white figures in the garden, Li Zhi was also happy, and was about to call left and right to change his clothes for himself, and when he went to accompany his baby son to try his skills, he heard a familiar soft call behind him.

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows, looked back at De'an who came in a hurry, and put away his steps.

De'an made a salute, looked at Li Hong, who was chasing Bailu with the encouragement of the attendants, and smiled, then stepped forward and attached it to the ear of Li Zhi, who leaned down slightly to listen to his words, and said a few words carefully.

Immediately, Li Zhi raised his eyebrows, and suddenly turned to stare at him:

"I didn't expect it to be him......

So where is your master right now? ”

"Lord, a few days ago, you asked the master to go back to the palace to preside over the overall situation, and the master went back early. Right now, it's in the palace. ”

"Does he know the news?"

"Although the master is well-versed in the palace, after all, it is a secret way, and he is a person who he, the master, may not have guarded against......"

Dean grimaced.

Li Zhi nodded and said lightly:

"Don't blame your master, who would have thought it would be him......

Let's just wait and see what happens. You don't have to tell your master, understand? ”

Dean said uneasily:

"Lord, did you inform the master? After all, it is necessary to reconcile the inside and the outside. ”

"It's okay, what he does is actually harmless to your master, and presumably he won't harm your master. It's just that he is bent on seeking revenge for himself. ”

Li Zhi said lightly:

"With your master, it has nothing to do."

Dean wanted to say something, but in the end he had to nod silently. Then he said:

"What happened in the palace ......"

"Let the two brothers do everything...... This is what my father owes them since the time of the emperor.

The right is to return their affection.

Not to mention ......"

Li Zhi smiled faintly:

"In this way, it is also a good thing for Mei Niang."

Dean nodded, but could only be silent.

Tang Yonghui 5th year August 15.

Mid-autumn night.

Tai Chi Palace.

More than halfway through the sub-hour.

Thousand Autumn Hall.

When she was wearing her favorite fiery red luan robe and gold embroidered peony skirt, draped in fiery red flowing clouds and brocade silk, she was anxiously waiting for the arrival of the Shen Shu that had already been agreed, and then walked out of Her Highness together, and went out to Her Highness's court, Concubine Xiao Shu, who was waiting for all the guards to announce herself, heard the noise from outside the palace, and the voice of the queen Feng who was leading the ceremonies......

It's like a basin of water poured on your head.

Coldly, coldly, it soaked in the ground, extinguishing all the fire in her body.

She suddenly remembered what she had heard last night......

Suddenly, she understood everything.

……

She suddenly understood everything......

Closing her eyes, she sat softly, uprightly, on the chair where she had thought she hated and hated to the extreme.

In front of her, it seems that the day she first met Li Zhi appeared again.

She is also the same as today, dressed in red and wearing red makeup.

The same delicate, the same bright and moving.

The same ......

Instrument is the world's best.

Yes......

She was very beautiful, and she was so beautiful at that time that even the attendants who led her into the palace looked sideways.

What kind of mood did she have when she walked into the Lizheng Hall?

For so many years, she thought she had forgotten. But at this moment, she suddenly remembered again:

The one who was dressed in a fiery red dress, with a touch of red lip makeup, a little shyness like a newborn peach blossom, smiled at the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, and his eyes were shining and moving.

She was like this, step by step, led by the attendant, slowly, slowly, in everyone's eyes, in everyone's amazement, towards the man who was also amazed by herself, who was dressed in red makeup, and lit up her silent eyes.

The man who is plump and jade, proud as the rising sun......

At that moment, she engraved him in her heart.

She knows.

But he looked at his gaze, and it seemed that from the beginning, it had only stopped on his own face and his eyebrows...... But it never stopped anywhere else, never stopped at her heart......

She knows it too.

Yes, from the very beginning, she felt it...... A woman's mind is the most delicate. That kind of gaze......

Yes, she was aware of it from the beginning. It's just that she has always been reluctant to admit it, and she has always been unwilling to admit it......

Why?

Because she's afraid.

She was afraid that once she dug out what was in his eyes......

Then she could no longer stay in his gaze.

Therefore, she would rather be a shadow than a stand-in.

Because she was afraid, his soft gaze no longer stayed on her.

Therefore, all these years she fights, she grabs.

Because she was afraid, she was afraid that if she didn't fight for a day, if she didn't grab it for a day, this little hope that belonged to her would disappear, disappear into the figure that still appeared in her and his life after all, in her and his life, and that really stayed in his eyes and in his heart.

So......

She knew her end from the beginning.

It's just that she still wants to fight, or wants to grab it.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with that. I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

Because there's only one way for her to go.

You can't let him look at him with the same gentle and affectionate gaze as he looks at that figure, then ......

Let him hate himself.

In this way, at least the gaze he cast on her Xiao Yuyin was still emotional.

As long as there is emotion, as long as he still remembers the name of Xiao Yuyin, as long as he still remembers, there is such a woman, named Xiao Yuyin, who has stayed by his side......

That's enough.

Even in his life, she is destined to be a shadow of his brilliant life, the sore spot of his happy fate......

Even the existence that he is eager to erase but cannot erase no matter what......

All good.

All good.

At least she existed in his life, in his memory, in the deepest corner.

Even if it's just for a moment......

Even if it's just a stain that you don't want to think about anymore.

She smiled bitterly, wetting the corners of her mouth, but with a little bit of fat powder, and then she suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the queen in front of her, who was already wet with tears, with full pride and pride, standing reservedly in front of her and smiling at herself.

Suddenly, she felt empty in her head, and only one sentence echoed:

At least...... Let him remember himself a little bit......

Even if it's just a little, maybe ......

can be regarded as for those three poor children, those three over the years...... A good boy who has been tormented by himself and him......

And he who has been tormented by her......

Find a little relief.

She suddenly felt that there was a bright and open space in front of her.

Even though, tears fell in strings, wetting her sight and her face.

But it didn't wet her heart.

The softest and strongest place in the heart.