In the early hours of the morning, the sky was not yet bright, and only the courtyard where "Mrs. Li" lived in the back house of the high palace in Yecheng was brilliantly lit.

Li Changyi put away the complaints of the past, and today he is particularly focused on retouching his makeup. Because she was so focused on this, she couldn't take any other time out of her mind.

The queen in the palace specially set up a banquet for the newly established princess Gao and the eldest princess Yuan Zhonghua. Although it was for the princess, Li Changyi actually received a special message from the emperor from the little eunuch sent by the Zhongchang Servant yesterday, ordering her to enter the palace with the princess today.

Li Changyi received the emperor's dictation and was immediately refreshed, swept away the resentment and decadence of the past few days, and felt that his identity was different from others.

The eldest princess is the concubine of King Gao, needless to say. Although Yu Jiulu's family is the only favor, he is not a person who is a high king, and his identity is still Princess Rouran, so he naturally can't be lazy. In addition, the status of the concubine is low, so it is naturally impossible to enter the palace. She is the only exception.

After combing the big cross hair, Huasheng hairpins were put on the head one by one, and the temples were pasted with yellow to modify the face. Looking at herself in the mirror, she feels that she is a beautiful woman in the city, and no one else can compare. At this time, I sighed in my heart that my fate was not good. There was a little sadness in the original joy.

Li Changyi had something else on her mind. She hadn't seen Gao Cheng for a few days, and she was extremely unwilling. Knowing that the husband is in Yu Jiulu's house every day, he is very disapproving. I always feel that although Yu Jiulu's family is beautiful, it lacks taste, how can they be barbarian girls, not from a little lady from a family. Gao Cheng didn't have to do this in order to win over the Rouran forces. Otherwise, who would still follow the Hu people's rules of father's death and mother's death that have not been mentioned for a long time.

Li Changyi despised Yu Jiulu's family in her heart, but she knew that Yueguang was a person who could do whatever she wanted, and she was more willful than the eldest princess. She just needs to look down on her in her heart and look for opportunities. If you show such thoughts, I don't know what this wriggling woman will do. I'm afraid Gao Cheng will also be unhappy.

Li Changyi suddenly thought of Kang Naning, and her heart became proud. In the end, the Sogdians of the Western Regions have no foundation, although they have a strong temperament, they can only be suppressed by people in the high gate and deep mansion.

Autumn mornings are slightly chilly. At this time, the leaves on the tree are no longer so green, and slowly become dull and wait to dry up.

Only Conanine's yard is the quietest. Originally, there were not a few slaves and maids, all of whom were far away from Kang Naning. Xiaolangjun Asu has almost become the biological son of Princess Yuan Zhonghua, and he is always on the princess's side.

One Bodhi and Asu are excellent. A Kang Naning also deliberately did so.

In the cool autumn breeze in the early morning, Kang Naning practiced sword dance hard in the courtyard, which was not too large. She was so engrossed in her that nothing could disturb her, and she was so focused that she was distracted.

Her long golden-brown hair was combed into several braids, which was the hairstyle of an unmarried chestnut girl. And this kind of hairstyle is not convenient when she dances, I don't know why she is like this.

Kang Naning wore a white linen dance dress, just like when she danced the white silk dance. In his hand, there is not only a sword that symbolizes form, but also a chain ball or silk belt for sword dancing, only the long sleeves of a dance suit.

Between the leaps and turns, her long sleeves are retracted freely, as fast as lightning, and the white light shines. The weakest white linen long sleeves actually have a sharp sword blade. This is really a new cut.

Everyone thinks Kang Ji wants to compete for favor and wants to go crazy.

She was sweaty and unaware of herself, and she kept jumping completely obliviously.

The most beautiful thing is the moonlit house.

With the deep sleep that did not dissipate last night, the laziness of snuggling up to each other and the inseparable entanglement, the two of them were reluctant to part at this time.

For Gao Cheng, the embarrassment of his father's death and his mother's death and the power of Rouran cannot be ignored, they did exist at the beginning, but now they have all dissipated cleanly.

The moonlight is like a bottomless pool. I don't know what it will look like when I don't see it. When you see it, you are attracted. If you are attracted, you will indulge in it. Then it will be difficult to extricate yourself, and you can't leave it no matter what.

He will be infected by her when he is with her, and he can indulge himself, dispel the worries in his heart, and only think about being with her.

But moonlight and Yuan Yuyi are not the same.

Being with Yuan Yuyi is the greatest satisfaction of desire. And then there is an extreme psychological emptiness.

The moonlight is real, without any intention. She can say anything or do anything in front of him, and she will take it for granted. Naturally, he will also relax. She didn't ask for him, she didn't put pressure on him like begging.

Although Moonlight never shied away from her desire to monopolize him, she never lost her temper because he had someone else in his heart and he was with someone else. On the contrary, he became more and more attracted to her, and was willing to be exclusive to her.

Gao Cheng sat quietly in front of the bronze mirror, and Moonlight combed his long hair with a comb, having a lot of fun. She herself wore only white stockings that exposed her shoulders and neck, and her hair was scattered. was originally concise to the extreme, but it made Gao Cheng feel extremely gorgeous.

Moonlight doesn't comb her hair, it's just for fun. The hand is heavy, and Gao Cheng's hair is very long, so from time to time he will accidentally hang a comb on his hair and pull Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng really endured and endured, and saw that she was full of interest and didn't want to interrupt.

Looking at the time, I felt that it was time to wash up and change clothes and enter the palace. Before he could interrupt the moonlight, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head. The moonlight was already shaking in front of him with a strand of gray hair.

"King Gao has gray hair." She laughed heartlessly. It's none of her business at all, and there's a hint of sympathy in her joking tone.

Gao Cheng was full of emotion. He was only twenty-three years old, but his state of mind was no longer what it used to be. Especially after his father's death, he has been holding on to the overall situation alone. There are so many things to worry about that there is hardly a moment of peace in my heart.

"The princess dislikes me?" Gao Cheng looked at the moonlight and smiled happily, and his heart was comfortable. He wasn't at all uncomfortable in front of her, and he didn't need to be a little careful. So no matter how bad her temper is, he thinks it's just like a child, and after a while, he will be fine.

"yes." Moonlight firmly held on to the trace of gray hair and didn't let go, and said with a smile, "When King Gao is old and has become a scheming person like the old King of Bohai, I will definitely leave you and return to the court of Rouran." It's better to be free on the prairie. ”

The moonlight didn't hide her mind at all. Turns out that's what she thought. It turned out that she didn't put herself with him.

The corners of Gao Cheng's lips curved slightly, and there was a hint of a nonchalant smile, looking at the moonlight thoughtfully.

Moonlight laughed even harder. Abandoned the strand of white hair, came over and sat in front of Gao Cheng, holding his knees and looking up at Gao Cheng while smiling and deliberately asking, "King Gao is angry?" ”

Gao Cheng looked down at the moonlight in front of him and didn't speak. After a moment, he reached out and stroked her cheek, and said very gently, "I went to the palace to see the Lord, it's time to go out." ”

Moonlight immediately stood up and called the slave maid to come in and serve him, and put his hair back in a bun. Gao Cheng also put aside what he had just done.

The carriage at the gate of King Gao's Mansion was already waiting.

The carriage is not waiting for the lord Gao Cheng, but for the lord Yuan Zhonghua.

Today's weather is cloudy and sunny, slightly cold, but Yuan Zhonghua seems to have no intuition, and he doesn't even have a silk on his shoulder. Ah Jiao followed behind her, and it was impossible not to remind. Or maybe it's really unconscious.

Yuan Zhonghua didn't know that Gao Cheng had been silently following behind her.

It is a long way from the back house of the palace to the gate of the palace. This way, Yuan Zhonghua walked without saying a word, did not turn back once, and did not say a word to Ah Jiao behind him. She didn't walk fast, and Gao Cheng knew that she didn't like to go into the palace.

I don't know why, I feel that Yuan Zhonghua has a sense of coldness, and that kind of loneliness is like a kind of rejection. He had been slowly following her unconsciously.

She wore a fringed bun on her head, and the rest of her hair and skirt fluttered with her movements.

There was no way for him not to look at her, and there was no way to part with her from his heart. The impulses in my heart were forced down again and again. Suddenly, I felt a sense of heroism and encouragement.

Thinking of Yuzhou, I thought of Hou Jing, who was already falling apart. He wanted to go to Yuzhou as soon as possible to settle the matter, and when he came back, he could tell her a lot of things in his heart.

When she arrived at the gate of the mansion, seeing the princess getting into the car, Ah Jiao inadvertently turned around and suddenly found that Lord Lang was not far behind her. She was just about to speak, but Gao Cheng had already walked over.

Ah Jiao didn't know what to say, so she only called "Wang" and then gave a salute, waiting for Gao Cheng's order.

Gao Cheng didn't give an order, only waved his hand to signal that he could go. He knew that the moonlight would come out soon, and she must not like to see him and Yuan Zhonghua together. The more she didn't care, the more he cared.

Ah Jiao actually choked on something in her throat, so she could only say goodbye to Lord Lang. She subconsciously glanced at the carriage, the car was silent, presumably the eldest princess didn't know that Lord Lang was standing here. Does she still want to tell Lord Lang about Yuan Zhonghua's extremely abnormal body in the past few days? Think about it or forget it.

The sun rises, and the hours pass little by little. The sky slowly and completely looked at it. When the sun rose high, the carriage of the eldest princess Yuan Zhonghua had already arrived outside the gate of the Wei Palace. Yuan Zhonghua got out of the car and looked up to see a clear blue sky without a trace of clouds.

That little chill in the early morning has dissipated. Now in the bright sunshine, it is a time of freshness and hot and cold. Yuan Zhonghua didn't know that Gao Cheng had been following her just now, and she was very calm in her heart.

Sometimes I think it's strange that she is not a person who will be willing to force herself, but now she can accept the palace banquet arranged for her by others so plainly that she has never liked.

However, when I entered the palace, I felt that the atmosphere was wrong. There was an air of tension hanging over it. It was even more wrong to wait until it reached the outside of the Jiaofang Palace. Many women from inside and outside the Jiaofang Palace waited outside the Jiaofang Palace, and they exchanged their heads in groups, not knowing what they were talking about.

When the wives saw Princess Gao, they were quiet, and then looked at Yuan Zhonghua together. Yuan Zhonghua walked towards the half-hidden gate without knowing it. Ah Jiao, who followed her, took a closer look, but fortunately, there was no headache.

It happened that the door was opened, and it was actually the queen's henchman Xiaohu who came out of it. She didn't bother to look at the women, her eyes only swept over them, and searched everywhere. When he saw Yuan Zhonghua, Xiaohu immediately smiled, not at all the expressionless look just now.

hurriedly stepped forward and called "Princess Gao" to bow down. Then lead Yuan Zhonghua inside. When Yuan Zhonghua entered the door, the door was closed.

It turned out that the palace banquet that had been scheduled a long time ago was temporarily canceled because of Queen Gao Yuanjun. The queen has already begun to have abdominal pain, so she asked the imperial doctor to come to check the pulse, and she is about to give birth.

This day was a little earlier than the original good day.

Yuan Zhonghua thought that the queen herself was about to give birth, and she could bother to arrange a palace banquet for her, so she couldn't bear to leave immediately.

According to Xiaohu, when the queen was in pain, she remembered that the eldest princess had entered the palace, and ordered Princess Gao to be brought to the Jiaofang Palace, and she must not be lazy. said that she wanted to talk to Princess Gao.

Although Yuan Zhonghua and Gao Yuanjun grew up together when they were children, they really didn't have too deep affection, and she couldn't figure out what Gao Yuanjun wanted to say to her. But since the queen had this order, she had to follow Xiaohu in.

Xiaohu told Princess Gao along the way: The Duchess of Taiyuan came earlier than her. Just in time for the queen's sudden abdominal pain, and the imperial doctor's order was passed again, the scene was chaotic. The Duchess of Taiyuan herself is pregnant, although it is not yet time to give birth, but she is in a hurry, and she almost falls down and can't get up. At this moment, I have gone to the side hall to rest.

Before entering the temple door, the palace door suddenly opened, and there were palace maids rushing out inside, looking for the imperial doctor who was on duty outside. The speed of the Imperial Doctor's order is fast. After a while, it came out, saying that the queen was going to give birth immediately. This sentence made the Jiaofang Hall completely chaotic.

All kinds of people came in and out, and even the little tiger beside Yuan Zhonghua couldn't take care of it, so he pulled out his legs and went to the palace. She is the queen's confidant, and she is naturally anxious at this critical moment.

Yuan Zhonghua didn't go in, nor did he go out, but fortunately, the weather was good, so he simply waited in the courtyard for a moment to see the situation.

Someone has already gone to add the emperor Yuan Shanjian who is in Renshou Palace.

In the end, the prime minister who entered the palace with Yu Jiulu's family, Gao Cheng, the king of Bohai, was also in the Renshou Hall at this time.

Listening to this report, the two people had different feelings in their hearts, but they were both very concerned. At this time, the women outside the Jiaofang Hall had no will, and no one dared to leave. Among them are Li Changyi, who came early, and Yu Jiulu, who arrived later.

Of course, Moonlight has no patience to take care of this kind of thing, not to mention that it has nothing to do with her. But she can't just go.

Although Li Changyi did not want to mingle with these self-proclaimed and extraordinary women as a concubine, she could not leave.

The sun rose higher and higher, and after an unknown amount of time, the weather was already a little muggy. This kind of small spring weather can sometimes be really comparable to the summer heat.

Others are okay, Yuan Zhonghua can't support it anymore.

Seeing that the princess's face was pale, she looked faintly unbearable, so she helped her to rest in the side hall. Remembering that the princess has been uncomfortable for some days, the ready-made imperial doctor's order is here, and at this time, the imperial doctor's order can't enter the queen's bedroom, so it's better to invite one to show the princess first. Usually in the palace, the princess herself has no intention of herself, and she is unwilling to ask the imperial doctor to come for a consultation.

After a long time, Xiaohu came out of the Jiaofang Palace and ordered someone to send news to the emperor again, and the queen unexpectedly gave birth to a little prince. It's a great event.

Needless to say, this newborn little prince must have been born as the crown prince of Great Wei. He has the blood of the Yuan family and the Gao family in his body, and is the only son of the queen. He has the powerful Gao maternal uncle behind him. His future is unquestionable.

In the Renshou Palace, the emperor and the ministers sat side by side.

Yuan Shan was anxious when he saw it, but he couldn't see it at all on the surface. He was anxious to know the news from the queen's side. In fact, he was resistant in his heart. He didn't know that the outcome would be what he didn't want.

The palace people who came to report from Jiaofang Hall were still on the way.

Gao Cheng, who was also waiting for news, was much calmer than him. In fact, for him, it doesn't matter whether the queen gives birth to a prince or a princess, the only thing that matters is the status of the queen herself.

Yuan Shan saw that he was absent-minded, holding the tea in his hand, and he felt tasteless after drinking it. A little speechless, he asked, "When will King Gao go to Yuzhou?" ”

Gao Cheng, who was sitting with him, glanced at him and asked, "The minister didn't say that he was going to Yuzhou, how did Your Majesty know?" Could it be that His Majesty has put eyeliner around his ministers? Or is it His Majesty's own heart that he does not want to see his ministers from time to time? ”

Yuan Shan was shocked when he heard what he said. He was dizzy at this time, and he was afraid that he would blurt out something if he said too much. Reluctantly smiled, "Lone wants to **** to see King Gao, is King Gao willing to enter the palace every day to see Lone?" ”

Gao Cheng suddenly smiled.

Yuan Shanjian was empty-hearted.

"I would like to persuade Your Majesty." Gao Cheng's green eyes looked at Yuan Shanjian and did not move away, "That day, the words in the Taiji Hall were not explained, and the minister still persuaded His Majesty to be a virtuous minister and a villain." ”

Yuan Shanjian remembered the scene that day, and afterwards he asked about the death of Yuan Daqi, the king of Huashan, and he didn't want to mention it again. Gao Cheng has to mention. always felt that Gao Cheng was insinuating and deliberately said it to him. He was extremely dissatisfied. Fortunately, there are only two of them in the hall, otherwise let the palace eunuchs see Gao Cheng talking to him like this, what face does he have?

"King Gao thinks he is a virtuous minister, who does he say is a villain?" Yuan Zenjian asked as he stabilized his mind.

"The villains around Your Majesty, the ministers will naturally clear the side of the monarch one by one. The dead Huashan Wang Yuan Daqi is one. And that Jibei Wang Yuanhui, the eunuch next to His Majesty, which thing is not behind them? Could it be that Your Majesty is still reluctant to give them up? Gao Chengkou is unobstructed. After speaking, he drank tea by himself.

Yuan Shanjian didn't expect Gao Cheng to say so directly. Do you really want to dispose of Yuan Hui and Lin Xingren like you did with Yuan Daqi? So where is there someone around him who can conspire?

He suddenly remembered that Gao Cheng had said that day: If he really doesn't want to be the emperor, it would be better to wait for the prince to give way to the crown prince when he is born. Did he really think so? He wanted him to be obedient enough and wanted him to be a puppet, and now he can't even tolerate the people around him.

The door of the hall was suddenly pushed open vigorously, which made Yuan Shanjian tremble.

Gao Cheng also put down the tea cup in his hand and turned his head to look.

Lin Xingren, the middle attendant, walked in with a cloudy face.

Behind him is the little tiger of the Jiaofang Palace, full of smiles and joy.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to King Gao, Her Royal Highness the Queen has given birth to the crown prince safely." Xiaohu replied eloquently.

Gao Cheng stood up happily in his heart.

Yuan Shanjian was in a panic and brushed his sleeves to the tea cup on the table in front of him. The green glazed cup fell to the ground with a loud "bang". Although it was not broken, it rolled out of the way.

His complexion had changed dramatically.