Li Xi lowered his eyes, a self-deprecating smile bloomed at the corner of his lips, leaned slightly, and asked softly, "What do you need me to do?" ”

Yan Li turned around slowly, his gaze swept over Li Xi's still pale face, his eyebrows drooped slightly, and the corners of his lips curled up with a shallow arc.

What does he need him to do?

Before coming, he didn't think that Li Xi needed to do anything!

After coming, he didn't think that Li Xi needed to do anything!

The so-called cooperation is nothing more than ......

But, just now, he suddenly felt that he really needed Li Xi to do something for him. For example, when did he meet his mother and where. For another example, who else saw his mother except him at that time! As his thoughts became clearer and clearer, Yan Li's flustered feelings gradually calmed down.

Yan Li raised his eyes again and looked at Li Xi, "What can you do for me?" ”

Li Xi raised his eyes slightly, and after a moment of silence on Shang Yanli's flawless face, he asked softly, "Can I know who you are?" Also, who was she who took away the heirloom jade seal, and why did the imperial grandfather hand over the heirloom jade seal to her? ”

"You were poisoned by the snow silkworm cup that day, although there is Qili grass that can solve the poison on your body, but if you don't have my natal cup, you are afraid that you will have been reincarnated as a human being!" After a pause, the corners of Yan Li's lips bloomed with a sneering arc, and he said coldly: "And in addition to the snow silkworm cup poison, you were poisoned again by the maid later, and I also gave you the poison." Li Xi, I saved your life twice! ”

After listening to Yan Li's words, Li Xi's face couldn't help but stiffen.

The poison of the snow silkworm cup, he always thought that it was the role of Rong Jin's Qili grass, but he couldn't think of it...... But what Yan Li said about him being poisoned by the maid again later, he still remembered it vividly, and it was precisely because of that time that he saw Yan Li that he remembered the situation when the emperor's grandfather secretly saw that woman when he was a child!

"I know you have no ill will towards me." Li Xi said in a deep voice.

Yan Li pursed the corners of his lips, yes, he really had no malice in the past. It can even be said that they are in the same vein, and they still have a certain feeling in their hearts that they want to be close to. But when the words of the previous study came into his ears, he thought that although he and them were not enemies, they would not be friends anymore! Friend or foe, and let time tell!

Yan Li raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Xi noncommittally, "The person you saw that day was my mother. ”

"It can't be!" Li Xi said categorically.

"Why?" Yan Li asked amusedly, "Why is it impossible?" ”

As soon as Li Xi spoke, he knew that he had lost his temper. I couldn't help but blush all over my face, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on my forehead. He is the prince of the East Palace, whether it is the Taifu or the Queen Mother, he often teaches him that he must know how to control his own feelings. You know, if a person can't even control his own feelings, he is not qualified to talk about any "strategy", let alone sit on the country and face the group of princes and ministers with sharp heads every day!

But now, just now, in just a moment, he lost his temper again and again.

Li Xi involuntarily felt a sense of chagrin in his heart, so he had to hide it before, because of this, that love was just lost for a moment, and he had recovered his previous calm and elegance. Even with a faint reserved smile on his face, he looked up at Yan Li and said slowly.

"I look at you older than me, but your mother looks less than five months pregnant, that's why I say, no way." After a pause, he said, "But, I think, maybe you have a younger brother or sister, right?" ”

Yan Li slightly bowed his head.

Li Xi is not stupid, on the contrary, because of his ability to never forget, not only is he not stupid, he is also a smart person! Smart people often don't need to make too many detours to talk and do things.

"You just asked me where I saw your mother." Li Xi looked at Yan Li, wrinkled his brows, and said softly: "I don't understand, since you already have the heirloom jade seal in your hand, why do you still ask me about her news?" ”

"The jade seal was not given to me by my mother." Yan Li had no intention of saying more to Li Xi, he looked at Li Xi with an oppressive look in his eyes and said, "Where did you see her?" Who else was there at the time? ”

Li Xi was silent.

He didn't say it, and Yan Li didn't urge him, but the cold color between his eyebrows and eyes became thicker and thicker.

Just when Yan Li was about to lose his patience and wanted to leave with his sleeves brushed up, Li Xi spoke.

"It's in the Xuanwu Palace, the emperor's grandfather's bedroom."

Yan Li raised his head, and his dark eyes looked straight at Li Xi like a sharp sword.

With that kind of gaze, Li Xi, the proud son of the sky, couldn't help but tremble slightly, which was a feeling that he had never even had when facing Emperor Yongchang!

Li Xi couldn't help frowning, the hand hanging by his side was also tightly clenched, he lowered his eyebrows, and continued: "At that time, the imperial grandfather retreated, because I was still young, so I was stayed. ”

Yan Li's eyebrows frowned almost invisibly, "You were there the whole time?" ”

Li Xi nodded, "Your mother hugged me at that time." ”

Yan Li's eyebrows couldn't help but add a touch of softness, her mother has always liked to tease children, especially the cute little dolls with Yuxue. He looked at Li Xi, who lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and after a little muttering, he asked softly, "Do you remember how she left, and who she took with her when she left?" ”

"After the imperial grandfather handed her a brocade bag and said a few more words, he let her go, and at that time, she was accompanied by a cold-looking maid." Li Xi said.

Looks cold, do you mean the red tree?

Yan Li wanted to ask a few more words, but after that, Hongying actually told him, and it was in vain to ask again.

"Your mother, she ......" Li Xi looked at Yan Li with a deep groan, and after a little hesitation, asked, "Should I call you Uncle Huang?" Ten Emperor Uncle or Twelfth Emperor Uncle? ”

Yan Li ignored Li Xi's question, but changed his words and asked, "What do you mean when your father wants you to accept Rong Jin?" To accept or not to accept? ”

Li Xi's face turned pale.

There are tunnels in the palace, which is not a secret, but no one would have thought that the tunnels would even be open to the imperial study!

Seeing that Li Xi's face turned pale, Yan Li curled the corners of his lips.

"Whether you accept Rong Jin or not depends on me." Li Xi looked at Yan Li and said.

Yan Li raised his eyebrows, "I know it's not up to you, I'm asking you, do you want to accept it?" ”

I don't know why, Li Xi felt that with Yan Li's gaze towards him, he felt a chill coming towards him, and for a moment, he didn't even have the courage to face Yan Li.

"I don't want to!" Subconsciously, Li Xi said.

As his words fell, Yan Li's eyes that were like a quenched cold light slowly softened, and the chill that hit his body gradually disappeared. Between the lightning and flint, Li Xi couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration, looked at Yan Li in amazement, and said in a lost voice: "You, you and Rong Jin ......"

A categorical voice rang out: "She's my woman!" ”

Li Xi looked at Yan Li in amazement. His heart was like a mess, a mess, and he couldn't figure it out. But one thing is certain, if his previous answer was unsatisfactory, the so-called cooperation is only afraid of ...... Li Xi suddenly felt as if his heart was being grabbed by something, and he couldn't breathe.

He is not a person who is obsessed with beauty, but there is a way that everyone has a love for beauty, and a beauty like Rong Jin who has captivated the country and the city, it is false to say that he has never been moved. What his father said to him, how could it not be what he thought in his heart? But at this moment, Li Xi was sincerely glad that he was awake and alert at that moment.

He raised his head again and looked at Yan Li, "I have already expressed my sincerity, now, can we talk about cooperation?" ”

The corners of Yan Li's lips curled up with a shallow arc, his eyes faintly glanced at Li Xi who looked at him, and nodded almost invisibly.

……

Somewhere in the Yuzhao Palace.

The woman wore a soft cigarette shirt embroidered with red and gold thread embroidered with begonia flowers, and leaned lazily on the beauty couch behind her, her eyes looked at the man sitting in front of her with a frown twisted brow.

"Yulang, what now? Everything is going according to our plan, Rong Jin is imprisoned in the prison, what should we do next? ”

The man who was called Yulang raised his head to meet the woman's eyes that were more rippling than spring water, a gentle smile bloomed in his eyes, and he stretched out his hand and brought the woman who was originally lazy lying into his arms, and rolled a strand of her black satin-like hair with his fingers, and laughed softly: "Next, we will launch the chess piece carefully prepared for him!" ”

When the woman heard this, she couldn't help but look up at the man, her apricot eyes narrowed, and she asked with confusion: "Now?" ”

The man nodded.

The woman couldn't help but hesitate and asked, "Is it appropriate now?" ”

"Why doesn't it fit?"

The man leaned towards the woman, his fingers swirling between the woman's neck, his eyes gradually deepened, his breathing became heavier, and his fingers couldn't help but slide lightly along the skin like mutton fat jade, and the woman's already loose neckline became more and more open. The jade peak will not be revealed, condensed like white fat, and the man's gaze will be certain, and he will never be able to turn away.

The woman looked at the man full of **, ate and smiled, raised her hand to wrap her neck around him, leaned her head slightly, and pecked at the man's thin and tangible lips. ”

The man pulled a smile on his face, raised his head slightly, and bit the woman's mouth gently, wanting to go further, but because he had something to do, he had to suppress the excitement in his heart, hugged the woman to his lap, and whispered to her ear.

Leaning slightly, the smile on the woman's face narrowed, and she wrung her eyebrows and said: "Xiuzhu has tried this little girl, the little girl has a very deep memory of her childhood, you let me pretend to be that person, I'm afraid it won't work!" ”

"No defense, I have a medicine here, take this medicine, let alone old memories, I am afraid that I can't even remember my name." The man picked the corners of his lips and said, "You go back and ask Xiuzhu to quietly give her this medicine." ”

"But even so, the prison is not an ordinary prison, the people in it are all recorded, how can people be sent in? Even if he sent it in, how could he find out? Let him believe that the little girl is the person he is looking for? The woman asked.

The man's eyebrows raised slightly, "Don't worry, I'll arrange it properly." ”

Seeing that the man was confident, the woman didn't ask any more questions, but changed the topic, "Yulang, even if we get the jade seal, what should we do?" Li Xuan is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, even if he is gone, he still has the crown prince and the king of Rui under his knees. I'm so sad to think about it! ”

"What are you worried about? Have you forgotten about the poison of the snow silkworm cup in the prince before? If you can hit it once, you can win it twice! He can be poisoned, why can't King Rui? Even if King Rui is not poisoned, but if he is charged with killing the East Palace, he can still win the throne as he wishes? These two people are gone, and the remaining ones are even more problematic! As for Li Xuan......" The man sneered and said coldly: "I have a way to deal with him!" ”

Hearing this, the woman nodded, tightened her hand around the man's neck, and said softly: "The top priority is to do your best to get the jade seal, as long as you get the jade seal, plus your painstaking arrangement for so many years, the old immortal handles of the clan are in your hands, and then, as long as the clan acknowledges Huan'er, no one in this world can shake him!" ”

The man nodded, and the next step, he suddenly stood up, picked up the woman and walked to the inner room, and said softly as he walked: "I also want to hurry up, get the jade seal, help Huan'er to take the position, and then we will find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to live, and you will give birth to a few more children for me, and we will live a life without quarrel with the world." ”

The woman ate and laughed and slapped the man's broad and hard chest, and said angrily: "I hate it, what age am I, can I still give birth?" How many more are you, what are you when I am? ”

"I'm ...... when you are"

The man whispered something close to the woman's ear, causing the woman to eat and laugh again.

The voice gradually decreased, replaced by a soft moan that grew higher and lower.

The big red palace candle in the room seemed to be unable to stand this enthusiasm like fire, and with a "snap", a candle bloomed. But just behind this candle flower, a strong wind came, and the candle flame was extinguished with a "snort".

A bright moon in the sky was at this time, piercing through the dark clouds, and the frost-white moonlight shone shallowly and vividly, hitting the plaque with gold paint on a black background outside the palace, and the three words "Yiqiu Palace" were drawn in gold and silver, Huo Ran was in his eyes!

……

Nanlou tilted his feet and looked at the square night sky outside the window.

"Girl, what time do you say it is?"

Rong Jin shook his head.

If you are imprisoned, you will not see the light of day for many years, and you will know the time by relying on the light of the skylight that comes to see the square skylight! Besides, the hour really didn't mean much to her.

Nanlou closed his gaze, and kept his gaze on the torches that were lit day and night outside the fence, leaned forward, and asked softly: "Girl, do you think that the dog emperor will give you to ...... in a fit of anger" Nanlou made a click to wipe his neck.

"It's not impossible," Rong Jin picked the corners of his lips and said mockingly: "You forget, he gave Rong Siqiao and Wang Zhen a marriage, Wang Zhen disagreed, and went to Yuzhao Palace to kneel and plead, but he was beaten by a board and became a cripple!" ”

Nanlou wasn't in Kyoto at the beginning, but she couldn't say she didn't know about such a big thing.

Hearing this, he couldn't help frowning, and said anxiously: "Then what should I do?" You just refused to be a concubine for the prince, what if he also beat you to dozens of boards and crippled you? The words fell, without waiting for Rong Jin to answer, she stood up suddenly, grabbed the square window, looked out, leaned slightly, turned back to Rong Jin and said: "No, there is a dark river down here, even if you knock down this wall, you can't escape." ”

Rong Jin couldn't help laughing, and beckoned to Nanlou: "Come down, the prison is so easy to escape, these people have already escaped, will they obediently wait to sit through the bottom of the prison?" ”

There are court ministers who have committed the crime of rebellion in the prison, and there are also Jiangyang thieves who have been arrested and sent to the provinces in the prison, snakes have snake paths, rats have rat roads, which of these people is not from all directions when they are outside, every day I don't know how many people outside think about robbing the prison, or the people inside try their best to escape from prison. But all these years, don't you still obediently squat in this prison!

Nanlou glanced at the prisoners outside the thick fence, and their delicate eyes suddenly dimmed like broken glass.

"What then? Is it just a matter of waiting for death? ”

Rong Jin shook his head, "Nanlou, you forgot, why did we come here?" ”

Nanlou was stunned by Rong Jin's words.

yes, how could she have forgotten why they came to this prison for a day trip!

But...... Nanlou raised his eyes and looked at Rong Jin, obviously saying that it was just a day trip, what is the situation now? A one-day trip turned into an unlimited tour!

Nanlou sighed, whether it's a day trip or an unlimited trip, all she can do now is to pass the time quietly and calmly. The sound of beating the watch sounded faintly in his ears, and Nanlou snorted and said to Rong Jin: "Girl, it's not early, go to sleep." ”

Rong Jin nodded and said to Nanlou, "You go to sleep first." ”

Nanlou turned around and walked towards the bottom of the cell, where he had already changed into a clean bedding bed, and muttered, "Fortunately, I changed into a clean mattress, otherwise, I really don't know how to survive this day!" ”

Hearing this, Rong Jin couldn't help but look at the clean bedding spread in the corner of the cell. There was also a trace of doubt in his eyes, Emperor Yongchang couldn't hold Chu Weiyi, which was expected. However, Emperor Yongchang suddenly sent his chamberlain to the prison to announce that he would marry her to the crown prince Li Xi to be a good di, which was really unexpected!

What she didn't expect was that even if she refused the chamberlain, the chamberlain still politely asked people to replace all the utensils in the prison with new ones, and politely told her to let her think about it again. No matter how you look at it, I think that Emperor Yongchang's marriage seems to have another purpose, and that purpose is to keep her in this prison for a long time.

Why?

Why put her in a prison, wouldn't it be easier to kill her simply?

Rong Jin rubbed her forehead, no matter how smart she is, but she has no clue, she can't figure it out even if she wants to! Thinking about it, people were confused, she leaned against the corner, closed her eyes and just wanted to recuperate, who knows, she fell asleep like this.

"Rong Jin, wake up."

A soft sound sounded in my ears.

Rong Jin opened her eyes in a trance, and when she looked at a perfect and delicate face like a carving, she couldn't help but lift the corners of her lips and asked, "Why are you here?" After the words fell, he quickly stood up again, looked up at the outside of the prison, and saw that the long and quiet passage was as quiet as a dead end, so he closed his gaze and looked at Yan Li in front of him again.

Yan Li untied the hooded crane, looked up at the surroundings, and immediately wrinkled his brows and said, "It's too bad here, let's change the method." ”

Rong Jin shook his head, grabbed Yan Li's hand, and said softly: "No, since you have come to this point, you must always continue to move forward, otherwise it will be a waste of your previous efforts." ”

"But ......"

"How's it going out there?" Rong Jin interrupted Yan Li's words and asked softly, "Did he move?" ”

Yan Li nodded, sat down beside Rong Jin, took Rong Jin into his arms, adjusted a comfortable sitting position for her, and said softly: "After Luo Shirong led the troops to surround the county lord's mansion, I pretended to say that I wanted to enter the palace to find you, and then found a place to hide, followed him from a distance, and he really entered the palace." ”

"Entered the palace?" Rong Jin couldn't help but look up at Yan Li, "Could it be that he is Emperor Yongchang's person?" Without waiting for Yan to leave his mouth, Rong Jin said softly: "By the way, Emperor Yongchang sent someone to come to the prison to announce the decree before, saying that he wanted to give me a marriage to the crown prince Li Xi, and asked me if I was willing, I said no, and he did not punish me according to the crime of resisting the decree, but asked me to think about it again." ”

"In this way, why do I think he is Emperor Yongchang's person? Could it be a bitter ploy before, the purpose is not to catch Chu Weiyi, but you? The more Rong Jin thought about it, the more likely it became, and said: "As a result, I didn't catch you, so I simply kept me, and the emperor must know that I would not agree to be a good woman for the prince, so he left me in this prison." Then ......"

"Then, just wait for me to come to you and take me down in one fell swoop, won't you?" Yan Li took Rong Jin's words and said.

Rong Jin nodded, his dark eyes, and looked at Yan Li with a bone, as if asking if this was not the case?

Yan Li smiled, raised his hand to sweep the hair hanging from Rong Jin's forehead behind his ears, stretched his head forward, leaned against Rong Jin's neck, and said softly: "You think too much, I can be sure that he is not Emperor Yongchang's person!" ”

"Not the emperor's man?" Rong Jin lost his voice and said: "If it's not the emperor's person, then how can you explain what he did?" Also, why did the emperor keep me in this prison? ”

Yan Li picked the corners of his mouth and said lightly: "He must have another purpose, but it's a pity that I lost him when I followed him to the palace." And because I was worried about you, I went to the imperial study first, and happened to hear Emperor Yongchang say to the prince that he wanted to give you a marriage. Later, I went to see the prince again and made a deal with him. ”

"Made a deal?" Rong Jin couldn't help but look up at Yan Li and asked, "What deal?" ”

Yan Li smiled and whispered to Rong Jin.

After listening to this, Rong Jin couldn't help but be silent for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Yan Li was fine, picked up Rong Jin's fingers like peeling onions and played with them, and said softly to Rong Jin: "Do you think I'm too cruel?" ”

Rong Jin shook his head.

"What's going on?" Yan Li brought Rong Jin's fingers to his mouth, pecked lightly, and wrapped Rong Jin's hand in the palm of his hand, and then looked up at Rong Jin.

"It's nothing, I just think it's ......"

What do you think, Rong Jin can't say.

Heavenly family is ruthless, she is not unaware, but ...... Rong Jin shook his head, threw aside the softness in his heart, and said, "Hey, you can be happy, I don't care, I don't have any friendship with them." ”

When Yan Li heard this, a shallow smile couldn't help but bloom on his face, and he said softly: "I didn't want to do this, but if he dares to hit your head with his idea, I can't make him feel better!" ”

Rong Jin couldn't help but smile when he heard Yan Li's words. Xindao: Unexpectedly, the culprit is still himself!

"Don't worry about this, anyway, it's their surname Li's personnel, I'm just thinking now, what should I do with that person?" Rong Jin said softly to Yan Li: "You said that he is not the emperor's person, but he did enter the palace, who will it be?" Yuan Guifei's people? Yuan Xuewei was bent on letting King Rui replace the crown prince. ”

"It's hard to say now, but now that we know that he is related to the royal family surnamed Li, it seems that our original plan is about to change." Yan Li said to Rong Jin.

"Why?" Rong Jin looked at Yan Li puzzled, "Didn't you say that it was okay, after exposing his identity and eradicating him, we will go back to Jingshan." ”

Yan Li's bright eyes were as dazzling as the cold stars in the middle of the night in the dark prison, but his face was gloomy, and he said word by word: "I am afraid that the disappearance of my mother is related to him." ”

Rong Jin's breathing was slightly suffocated, and he immediately stiffened.

yes, why didn't she think of that?

When the princess of the protectorate entered Beijing to see the first emperor, in addition to the red tree, it was the dragon guard sent by the first emperor at that time.

Chu Wei was the head of the Dragon Guard for a while, and he was the one who had the best chance of being unfavorable to the princess of the country!

"Yan Li!" Rong Jin's heart was beating like a drum, the smile on his face slowly faded, he looked at Yan Li, and said softly: "Aunt Hong didn't notice anything unusual at that time? ”

"Aunt Hong and her mother left through the tunnel." Yan Li gently rubbed Rong Jin's waist with both hands, smelled the faint fragrance of her daughter, and her heart settled down inexplicably, and said softly: "The tunnels of the palace extend in all directions, but they are also full of organs, if you accidentally touch the organs inside, you will die for a lifetime." The mother should have felt abnormal at that time, so she gave the jade seal to Aunt Hong, and the two went separately. I think my mother's intention at that time should be to let Aunt Hong lead him away, but it was ...... mistake."

Feeling the sadness on Yan Li's body, Rong Jin couldn't help but raise his hand to stroke his face, silently comforting him.

The princess of the protector of the country does not see anyone in life, and she does not see her body in death, if it is said that Yan Li still had hope in the past, but at this moment, after confirming her suspicions all along, Yan Li's heart gradually sank, and her face became stern, and her voice almost burst out of her teeth, saying word by word.

"I think he's the only clue I can find my mother, and I can't touch him now!"

Rong Jin nodded in approval, "Yan Li, do you remember when you told me that you felt that your mother was in Kyoto?" ”

"Remember, what's wrong?"

Rong Jin actually had a bad feeling, but she didn't dare to say it directly.

Rong Fanghua is not her real mother, but the moment Rong Fanghua died, she had a feeling that her heart was like a knife and she had no love. Not to mention the princess of the protector of the country is for Yan Li!

Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Rong Jin pretended to be relaxed and said: "Then you can look carefully, can't you say that the princess and you, who don't know if it's a sister or a younger brother, were hidden by him?" ”

Yan Li shook his head, "This can't be." ”

"Why?" Rong Jin looked at Yan Li in astonishment.

Yan Li said softly: "If my mother and them were really in his hands, he would have traded them with me a long time ago, so why bother so much!" ”

Rong Jin sighed and said in his heart: Ah Li, can't you be stupid? Wouldn't it be much happier to be stupid and give yourself a little hope!

"So what do we do next?"

Yan Li looked around again in disgust, and said to Rong Jin: "Next, think of a way to get you out of prison!" ”