Outside the Zhaotai Palace, Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe County, was calmed down by the cold wind in winter, and he was already sweating through his clothes just now.

"Your Highness's courage is too small, and you haven't said a few words to the prime minister, even if Sima Ziru is that old man, he can scare you like this?" Hou Jing watched Xiao Zhengde behind him, took a sharp breath, and gradually exhaled again, then adjusted his breath, and then stood on the jade steps and looked into the distance at the scenery on the other side of the pickaxe pond.

"I'm not afraid of Sima Ziru, but who doesn't know that he is a close friend of the prime minister? His words are the words of the Great Prime Minister. The public is easy, if you are not afraid of the prime minister, why should you bow your head so much and dare not have a second? Xiao Zhengde glanced back at Hou Jing and sneered.

Hou Jing was not angry at all, but laughed and said, "I just like a duplicitous person like His Highness." Although Xiao Zhengde is impetuous and flamboyant, he is definitely a smart person, and when he heard Hou Jing's words, he was suddenly shocked and looked at Hou Jing coming over.

It wasn't until Hou Jing approached that Xiao Zhengde glanced left and right again, and saw that there was no one next to him, so he whispered, "Gong Shen Yan, I am afraid that there will be eyes and ears of the prime minister." ”

Hou Jing gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay for the prime minister, but Gao Chengcai, the vertical son, is the most hateful." Borrowing the shadow of his father, relying on the in-laws of the Son of Heaven, he is in a high position and commanding, and he doesn't take others in his eyes. ”

Xiao Zhengde secretly breathed a sigh of relief and persuaded paradoxically, "If you are patient, you will endure." Endure for a while, and then be a different matter. If one day you can be like the 'great prime minister' in Chang'an, you can solve today's hatred, otherwise, if you are like He Bayue, you will be jealous in vain, let alone relieve your hatred, and you will not even be able to save your own life. ”

Hou Jing tilted his head to look at Xiao Zhengde, thoughtfully, and then said, "Your Highness is really admirable, your mind is so broad, you will be very human in the future." Looking at Xiao Zhengde, he asked again, "So, Liang Tianzi also sent an envoy to Chang'an to show goodwill?" ”

Xiao Zhengde sighed, "That's not true. This great prime minister, the other great prime minister, neither of them is an ordinary person, and the one in Chang'an is even more scheming. Besides, now that the Yecheng court is the world of that gentleman, it is always better than the ruthless man in Chang'an, right? I heard that the emperor was poisoned by him. Xiao Zhengde talked about these hearsay palace secrets, but he was full of energy.

Hou Jing went to his heart every word, and re-weighed his original attitude towards Yuwentai in his heart. also sighed, "I didn't expect the prime minister to dare to do something, but he dared to do it." Putting aside this topic, he said, "There must be a reason why His Royal Highness brought Princess Liyang to Yecheng, right?" ”

Xiao Zhengde looked at Hou Jing and snickered, "Gong is really deaf and clear-sighted, and he can recognize it at a glance?" Isn't it intentional for my niece? His ridicule makes people feel that he seems to use Xiao Qiongju as a bargaining chip, as long as the conditions are right, he can talk about marriage.

Hou Jing said with a straight face, "I have a wife and children, and I don't worry about it." ”

It is rare to see him with such a look, and Xiao Zhengde also said with a straight face, "My father, His Majesty the Emperor, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, all of them love Princess Liyang." Since the public is as bright as electricity, can't she see that she already has a heart where she belongs? Besides, today's high Cheng in the palace is enough to prove that he even cares about my niece, right? But if it's really cheap, I'm really unwilling. ”

Hou Jing didn't speak, he didn't expect Princess Liyang to be so important in the Liang State of the Southern Dynasty. And this princess is also so important in Gao Cheng's heart at the same time, which is so interesting.

Hou Jing seemed to be talking to Xiao Zhengde about his confidants, and whispered, "Your Highness and I are old friends, and I have always missed the old, even if I am the prime minister, I will always follow him." Besides, His Royal Highness is straightforward, I really like it, and if I don't give up, I am willing to be a brother. ”

Xiao Zhengde was overjoyed and said, "I have this intention, so I can be a brother." ”

Hou Jing said, "Since they are brothers, they can speak out." Your father, Emperor Liang, let his brother send an envoy to Yecheng, just to form an alliance between the two countries. Don't you know, brother? The real 'Son of Heaven' of this Great Wei is not the new Emperor Yuan clan......" Hou Jing said as he watched Xiao Zhengde's reaction.

"Why did my brother say that?" Xiao Zhengde looked at Hou Jing puzzled.

"The 'Son of Heaven' who is really in charge of Great Wei is the Great Prime Minister, don't you know?" What he said was already shocking, but Hou Jing said it calmly and calmly.

Brother Shenyan ......" Xiao Zhengde hurriedly looked around. It's not Jiankang here, he's not safe here.

"Don't worry, brother, there is no one else here but you and my brother." Hou Jing whispered again, "In front of my brother, I should speak bluntly about the Lord and be worthy of my brother's intentions. If the brother wants to marry Liang and Wei, he must do it beautifully and implement it well. Rather than letting the princess marry the new emperor, it is more advantageous to marry the prime minister. Hou Jing said very slowly, looking at Xiao Zhengde as he spoke.

"Marrying the prime minister? How does this work? Xiao Zhengde was shocked, "The niece is young, and the prime minister is old, how can I get married?" ”

Hou Jing really wanted to laugh when he saw Xiao Zhengde's shocked appearance, and it was very hard to endure the laughter. finally held back and said, "Brother, it's bad." When Cao Wei, the sister of the Emperor of Wu was young, and Liu Yuanjun was old, so he didn't marry the same? Heroes are not ordinary people. Isn't Prime Minister a hero? ”

This reason convinced Xiao Zhengde at once. Indeed, starting from scratch and working hard, it is the prime minister Gao Huan who carries the Great Wei Sheji on his shoulders. If you talk about respect, it is really impossible not to be unconvinced.

"The first emperor and the king of Anding were killed by the great minister, the emperor was established by the great emperor, and the new emperor was also established by the great emperor. The prime minister said that whoever is the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is just placed in the palm of the hand of the Prime Minister. Even Gao Cheng's vertical son has to listen to his father. Who has the final say in this Dawei? It's the prime minister. If the princess marries the prime minister, if she is favored, the prime minister will obey the orders of Her Royal Highness the princess, and then Da Wei will be the princess's Royal Highness, wouldn't it be much better than the position of the queen in name only? Hou Jing simply said everything he thought in his heart. In fact, at least half of these words are true, and the other half is somewhat exaggerated, so it depends on whether Xiao Zhengde believes it or not.

Obviously, Xiao Zhengde believed it, and he was stunned in his mind, and he didn't care about answering Hou Jing's words.

"The prime minister is in his prime, and Gao Cheng has no chance of succession. If the princess became his mother-in-law, he would have to respect her. Hou Jing then whispered.

"Mother-in-law?" Xiao Zhengde was immediately moved.

"Does my brother want Her Royal Highness the princess to be a concubine for the prime minister?" Hou Jing asked rhetorically.

"I hope my brother will teach me." Xiao Zhengde was completely convinced of Hou Jing.

"Brother think about it," Hou Jing seemed to be planning for Xiao Zhengde wholeheartedly. "The wife of the prime minister, Gao Cheng's mother, the princess Lou, is now old and decrepit, and without the help of outsiders, she naturally has to give way to Her Royal Highness the princess. But Gao Cheng's concubine is my lord's sister, Her Royal Highness the Princess, how can she give way to your niece? ”

Xiao Zhengde has completely agreed to Hou Jing's proposal so far.

It's just that Hou Jing didn't say something. If Princess Xiao Qiongju of Liyang really marries the prime minister Gao Huan, only Gao Huan and Yuan Shanjian will find it difficult to reconcile between the monarch and the minister. I am afraid that there is a gap between Gao Cheng and his son, and it will be difficult to make up for it. That was his real intention.

The singing and dancing in the Zhaotai Hall is peaceful. didn't know that the conspiracy outside the Zhaotai Hall had affected the direction of some things. I don't know that the two people involved between the pillars and fences on the Zhaotai Temple are completely unaware of their circumstances, but they also have their own plans.

As soon as noon passed, the shadow of the sun gradually set to the west, and the bright sunlight was invaluable in winter, and it was as fleeting as a white horse. When the sky darkened, the north wind was biting, and it turned out that the winter in Yecheng was really better than Jiankang.

Xiao Qiongju and Gao Cheng stood side by side on the fence of Zhaotai Temple and looked at the pickaxe pond, the Wei palace farther away than the pickaxe pond, and the Yecheng farther away than the Wei palace. Xiao Qiongju suddenly realized in her heart at this moment that she and him would never really be together. It's not because she has a family and country that she can't get rid of, even if she gives up everything she has, she will never get him. Because even if she can throw it away, he can't leave it behind. Not to mention whether he can be ruthless and abandon everything for her. Even if he really gave up, can he really treat each other wholeheartedly? At that time, would Gao Cheng still be the Xianbei son he is now?

Gao Cheng turned his head slightly, his delicate thick eyebrows and brows were slightly locked, and he looked at Xiao Qiongju looking at the scenery under Zhaotai and looked focused. In fact, he really wanted to keep her in his heart, as long as he was confident that he could treat her like a wife, why not? Even if she is the princess of the Liang State, he is the general of the Wei State, and he is confident that he can do it.

"Is Your Highness willing to stay in Yecheng?" He asked tentatively, in fact, he was willing to care about her feelings.

"The general wants to take me as a concubine? Do you serve Her Royal Highness Princess Feng Yi in Yecheng? Xiao Qiongju also turned his head and looked at Gao Cheng and asked without anger.

"Why be so capricious?" No matter what the facts are, why do you have to say it so badly? Gao Cheng turned his face away from her, and said lightly, "Although His Highness and I have no name, aren't they husband and wife?" As long as His Highness is willing, in Yecheng, I can also let His Highness enjoy the honor......" He couldn't help it, turned around again, walked to Xiao Qiongju's side gently, and picked her chin with his fingers to let her look at him. "I'll hold you in my heart."

Xiao Qiongju almost relented when he saw that his beautiful green eyes were full of expectations and inquiries. But she is no longer the little girl who does not understand the world, and the truest feelings in her heart used to gush out recklessly, but maybe just once, and she will never be found again. After all, time has passed, and after all, it will be entangled in mundane things and trapped in it.

"Good. If the general really keeps me in Yecheng, I will ask the general to show the Lord of Wei, and ask the Lord of Wei to send an envoy to Jiankang to ask my grandfather, His Majesty the Emperor of Liang, to make peace with him. "If you really want them to be together, then let her, as the princess of Liang Guo, give an explanation to her grandfather, Emperor Liang, and father, Prince Liang. At least her harmony is meaningful, it can benefit the north and the south, and she is not in vain for the Xiao Liang clan.

Gao Cheng was stunned, he didn't expect Xiao Qiongju to have such a proposal. Frankly, in his mind, the offer was beyond his acceptance. Somehow, the girl in green suddenly flashed in front of her eyes, playing the flute under the green calyx plum in the cold moonlight. He blurted out, "Absolutely not!" ”

Xiao Qiongju was already disappointed when he saw the flickering blur in his eyes. Ruthlessly pushed his hand away and said, "Where is the general's sincerity in treating me?" If you don't have the intention, why talk about sincerity? With that, he turned around and left.

"Your Highness stays!" Gao Cheng let her go in a bad mood, and pulled her back into his arms with an arrow step, and said angrily, "Why are you so willful?" Where is the husband? What is harmony? Why do you have to carry such a burden on your back? Isn't it enough for me to treat you with all my heart? ”

Xiao Qiongju was just about to struggle and argue, when he suddenly heard footsteps. She immediately reached out and pushed Gao Cheng's chest, trying to break free, so that no one would see it and fall into the truth. But Gao Cheng didn't let go, and it seemed that he wanted people to see that Princess Liang was his person.

"Your Highness." The footsteps were near, but no one appeared, as if they were deliberately unwilling to disturb. But this is Yang Shunhua's voice.

Gao Cheng and Xiao Qiongju both trembled in their hearts. Both of them slowly let go.

"Lord Wei felt rude and asked Her Royal Highness the princess to meet in the palace again." Yang Shunhua's voice was soft and slow, and she couldn't hear what she had heard or seen just now.

Xiao Qiongju was shocked, it turned out that her identity had been exposed. But she quickly calmed down, glanced at Gao Cheng thoughtfully, and walked towards the jade steps.

Gao Cheng strode up and said in a very low voice in her ear, "Since you are a husband and wife, you are my person, eternal and eternal." After speaking, he left Xiao Qiongju and walked towards the jade steps first.

It's just that I didn't expect to see Yang Shunhua standing here in the hall as soon as I turned the corner. She and Xiao Qiongju are dressed in the same men's clothes. Gao Cheng saw her looking at him coldly, and couldn't help but slow down. I saw that her men's clothes were heroic, and she had a unique charm compared to Xiao Qiongju. It's just that he still held on to himself in his heart, just glanced at her casually, and left calmly.

The Zhaotai Hall is no longer the chaotic scene just now.

Gao Cheng walked to the door of the temple and heard the sound of music. The sound of the music suddenly evoked a familiar memory that made him slowly enter the temple. The scene in the hall suddenly brightened his eyes. In the middle of the main hall, a woman in white was dancing, her long sleeves flying, her posture was like a willow, he couldn't see her face clearly for a while, so he approached step by step.

All the Wei ministers in the hall also seemed to be attracted by this wonderful dance, and they all looked at it with a blank slate, completely forgetful.

At this time, I suddenly heard the new emperor Yuan Shanjian calling loudly from the throne, "The general has come just in time. ”

Gao Cheng immediately took Qi Nian and walked up.