- Although it was the end of the first month, Bianjing was still cold. /

In the garden of Yifeng Pavilion, the remnants of snow are touching, flowers and trees are sluggish, and a group of expressionless guards surround an attic that imprisons Princess Gong and Liang Huaiji.

The sound of the piano escaped from the cracks in the doors and windows, soft and peaceful, diluting the solemnity of the garden.

Through the window inlaid with pale yellow glass, you can see the smoke of the indoor stove, the curtains roll the ink fragrance, if it were not for the withered plum in the vase on the case, it is impossible to imagine that the owner of this place has been imprisoned.

The one who stroked the qin was Liang Huaiji, a eunuch in his twenties, fair and thin, with soft facial lines, and the kind of appearance that made people feel close.

The princess had not closed her eyes for five days and four nights, so he first laid a comfortable chaise longue for her, and then stroked the harp for her, and chose some soft and soothing songs, hoping that the already nervous woman could be soothed.

Also, there are mandalas in the incense burner......

The princess was completely defenseless against him, leaning back on the chaise longe, sniffing the goldenrod and listening to unhurried tunes, her eyelids becoming heavier. Although I occasionally opened my eyes, I saw him playing the piano there, and soon closed it again.

Finally, her breathing was even, and she fell into a deep sleep.

After Liang Huaiji finished the song, he slowly got up, for fear of waking up the princess, he didn't dare to approach, just stood aside and watched. He entered the palace at the age of seven, studied piano, chess and painting in the Hanlin Art Bureau for another seven years, and at the age of fourteen, he was transferred to the province of inner servants, became a senior class of inner servants, and entered the position of Miao Zhaorong to serve the princess. to this day. It's been a whole decade.

For ten years, they were inseparable, they had nothing to say, and they had a heart-to-heart relationship. They have long blurred the line between master and servant. A trace of intolerable feelings gradually grew in his heart.

He also knows. This affection is intolerable to the world, and it has always been restrained. What's more, he also felt inferior to his mutilated body, and refused to defile the princess's daughter's body. As everyone knows, the more depressed he is, the more this feeling is devouring to the bones, how many times he has been raised in the middle of the night, poured cold water on his body, and how many times has he been self-pitying and sad.

It's just that he never expected that the princess would also treat him. There is the same deep affection. In this Shangyuan Festival incident, the reason why the princess was mad was because the Yang family humiliated him. After the matter got big, in order to defend him. She even did not hesitate to turn against the emperor......

Liang Huaiji was just an ordinary person, he didn't have the strong nerves of the big guys, he was completely stunned at first, and then he fell into fear. (.) But gradually, the fear subsided, and the guilt and worry for the princess completely took over.

He thought carefully about the situation and knew that only by trying to leave on his own initiative could he avoid the situation from escalating and reconcile the princess and the emperor.

Right now. He finally put the princess to sleep, and stared at the sallow and sallow face, which had no luster at all. Even after falling asleep, there is still a sense of fear.

Suddenly, I heard her dream: "Daddy, Niangniang, Huirou is wrong, don't you want me......" As she spoke, two tears slipped down.

Liang Huaiji stretched out his hand to help the princess wipe away her tears. But halfway through it retracted, allowing the tears to slip into the corners of the princess's mouth...... Official, that Liang Huaiji came out. Hu Yandui walked into the dormitory quickly, and he didn't care that the five princes were still there, so he reported to the official family.

"Oh?" Zhao Zhen sat up and said, "Huirou...... Are you alright? ”

"It's okay, I'm asleep."

Hearing that his daughter was fine, Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, leaned down and said, "Who is so capable of getting Liang Huaiji out?" ”

"He came out on his own." Hu Yandui said in a low voice: "He added tranquilizers to the incense burner, and when the princess fell asleep, he came out." ”

"Oh......" Zhao Zhen nodded strangely and said, "It's not crazy." ”

"Father, for the sake of today's plan, hurry up and let Miao Niangniang accompany Huirou." Zhao Zongji played the role of Brother Ci to the end and said: "Don't let her wake up and do stupid things!" ”

"That's true." Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Let the queen and Concubine Miao pass." Touching his chin as he spoke, he said, "But she has been pampered by them since she was a child, and I'm afraid it will backfire." ”

"Erchen has a candidate." The other four were not prepared for this, and as a result, they could only watch Zhao Zongji be in the limelight: "Hui Rou's best friend Chen Liu, as long as she is here, Hui Rou will never do anything stupid." "My heart said, I can't do it if I want to......

Chen Liu's ...... You say Liu Yue? Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, hurry up and summon her into the palace." ”

After everyone retreated, Zhao Zhen asked Lao Hu again: "Where is Liang Huaiji now?" ”

"It has been taken into custody and is waiting to be released."

"Bring him here."

After a while, Liang Huaiji came, kneeling on both knees.

"Why did you get out?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"The slave maid was very scared at first," Liang Huaiji said: "I slowly came to my senses, and I can't drag the princess down anymore." ”

"You're not afraid now?" Zhao Zhen said lightly.

"I'm afraid." Liang Huaiji said in a low voice.

"Don't worry, the widow won't kill you." Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "Otherwise, the princess won't be able to wash it off." ”

"The princess and the slave are innocent." Liang Huaiji raised his head and said, "If the slave and maid have a lie, they would rather be eunuchs for the rest of their lives!" ”

"Isn't there such a thing as innocence? Your actions have gone beyond the realm of master and servant! Zhao Zhen snorted coldly.

Liang Huaiji was speechless. Zhao Zhen was also silent, and after a long while, he spoke again: "The Ming widow will order you to be expelled from the Beijing Division, and you will be assigned to the Xijing Sweeping Class." ”

The punishment was not severe, but it was clearly merciful. In other dynasties, even if it is in the hands of other emperors in this dynasty, Liang Huaiji has a hundred, and fifty pairs have died.

But in fact, Zhao Zhen let him live, not out of kindness, but out of regret for his daughter, presumably Hui Rou must not want him to die...... The princess slept for two days and one night before she woke up. In the past two days and one night, Zhao Zhen has been forced to take away her title under pressure, demoted to the princess of Yiguo, and still lives in the palace.

Zhao Zhen was thoughtful and asked Liang Huaiji to write a letter to the princess, explaining that he took the initiative to leave and was not forced to leave. Because if the stalemate continues, I will only have a dead end, so I should take the initiative to leave and strive for leniency from the officials......

After seeing the letter, the princess cried so much that she fainted, she resolutely did not believe that Liang Huaiji was a person who was afraid of death, thinking that this was a conspiracy to separate them, and even Liang Huaiji had died.

The official family comforted her, and even swore a curse, but the princess just didn't believe it, so she had to call Liang Huaiji back again and let her see her.

Liang Huaiji said those words again, and the princess stopped crying. After Liang Huaiji left, she stopped crying, but changed to silence.

In the face of everyone who tried to persuade her, there was only one sentence: "Give me back Liang Huaiji!" ”

She was not in the palace once or twice, so frightened that Concubine Miao Xian was busy and asked Liu Yue'e to accompany her in the palace, and finally stayed by her side, not daring to leave for a moment.

Later, under Liu Yue's explanation, the princess stopped looking for death and life, and people became more divine.

In that room, Zhao Zhen was already annoyed by the noise of asking the princess to return to the house. The ministers thought that the princess and Li Wei had the name of husband and wife, and it was always inconvenient to live in the palace for a long time. It's better to go back to the princess's house to live, and the piano and the seer are in harmony, so it is appropriate for both.

In fact, they are the ones who scoff.

Zhao Zhen saw that her daughter was so easy to be normal, but she was afraid that she would get sick again when she left the palace, so she was willing to agree. Unexpectedly, those officials and officials actually found Zhao Zongshi and asked him to persuade the emperor as well.

Zhao Zongshi didn't want to touch this mold, but he had already formed a union with hundreds of officials, or rather, he was kidnapped by the civilian clique. What's more, in order to create his image as a virtuous king, he is not afraid to make a blunt statement and kill his relatives with righteousness. So he said: 'The daughter of the heavenly family should obey the virtue of the woman, the filial piety of the world, and the sage of the Bangyuan, in order to honor my royal family...... Therefore, the princess of Yiguo should return to the house and make peace with the concubine Qinse. 'Yunyun.

In addition, he also demanded the abolition of the rule that 'the house of the lord will be lowered to the first class of Zhaomu', and he hoped that in the future, when the princess descends, she will perform the aunt ceremony and serve her aunt like an ordinary bride.

As soon as this remark came out, the world was called virtuous, and there were countless people who echoed it when they boarded the table.

Zhao Zhen was forced to be unable to, but he didn't want to agree, but as an emperor, he must not follow xìng.

When he was at a loss, Zhao Zongji, who was repairing the river on Hebei Road, came back and resolutely disagreed to let the princess return home. He said that the princess was not cured, she was in a trance, and she couldn't stand the stimulation, and now let her go back, did she want to force her to death?

But his voice was still too weak, not to mention that the Xinxue Dangren, Sima Guang, Zhao Bian and others refused to help him speak. In the end, the official family couldn't stand it, so they had to agree to let the princess go home.

This incident was regarded as a victory by the ministers, and the Zhao Zongshi brothers were secretly happy, thinking that this meant that the authority of the Great Song Dynasty had slowly shifted to them.

However, tragedy struck.

After learning that she was going to the palace, the princess, who had been very quiet, just said that she wanted to visit the chūn view of the imperial garden one last time.

And they did not doubt him, so they accompanied her to the garden, and as they walked, the princess said that she would drink water from the sweet well, and the servants removed the slabs that were covered in the well. Just as she was about to fetch water, the necklace around the princess's neck suddenly broke, and the beads spilled all over the ground. She was so anxious that she cried out on the spot, this was the only souvenir that Liang Huaiji gave her.

The palace people hurried all over the ground to look for beads, and the princess did not hesitate to dissuade her, leaned over to look for them, and when she found them, she came to the edge of the well, and suddenly jumped into them, and no one around them could hold them......

Fortunately, Liu Yue'e was present and quickly rescued her, and the princess was not in any major trouble except that she was soaking wet.

Concubine Miao Xian hugged the princess and cried to death, and Zhao Zhen was also in tears, and she was afraid again and again.

When the news came out, no one dared to mention the matter of letting the princess return to the house...... Partition...... There is one more ...... The wind is blowing. RQ