This jade wrench was given to him by my father on his birthday, when he thought I had ordinary qualifications and rough workmanship, and I was reprimanded at the banquet, and I almost threw this wrench away, and this wrench should be confiscated into the treasury when the Ye family raided the house, even if it was lucky not to be looted, it should be on the father who guarded the border, why............... It will be in her hands, and so it is!

The smiling eyes curled slightly, and he asked rhetorically, "You have always been smart, can't you guess such an obvious thing?" ”

"Since you don't want to guess, then the palace will be affected and you will be thorough."

She looked at me with a smile, and said slowly, word by word, "Now the Ye family is still alive, except for some old, weak, sick and disabled slaves, only you, the head of the Ye family." ”

Her words were like a huge thunder in the sky from my heavenly spirit bones all the way to the chilling spine, I looked at her in a trance, only to feel that my body was fluttering as if flying, and my eyes flickered darkly, and I gradually couldn't tell whether this moment was real or an illusion.

She shook her head and smacked her lips and said, "This palace knows that since you entered this Qiu Ling Xuan, you have been asking the palace maid about the news of the Ye family from time to time, why don't you want to think about it, the whole world is his, how can these people in the palace not have a mouth!" They report good news and bad news from time to time, and you are listened to without the slightest doubt. ”

When my mind was swollen, I heard my own weak retort, "No, even if everyone lied to me, Yu Yi would not lie to me, and there was a green branch, and the green branch would not ..........."

She smiled and said, "The young master of the Yu family? Having said that, the little young master of the Yu family is really in love with you, I heard that he was beaten by the femur when he was tortured with a cane that day, and since ancient times, he has broken his tendons and bones but is the most punishment, he can carry it, and he can't see it with a muffled voice, I really can't see it, the little young master is still bloody. ”

"After my father-in-law knew about it, he risked his death to ask for a crime, and broke his head in the snow nest, and then invited out the Buddha beads given by Lafayette himself, and the emperor released people. Father-in-law Yu was furious, accused him of being unfilial, and died in anger, and the blood finally calmed down the little young master, and he left the palace obediently and obediently. ”

"Click!"

The already scarred wrench snapped in half in my hand, and on that windy night, the image of Yu Yi hugging me tightly flashed before my eyes, and I suddenly remembered what he had said to me at that time.

“....... Now all I can save is you.........."

I realized the abnormality in his words, and now I look back and think about it, after meeting Yu Yi, we talked a lot, but only when it came to the Ye family, Yu Yi either changed the topic with a gag, or was silent, these abnormalities were ignored by me who was too happy at the time.

I suddenly looked up, looked at her with cold eyes, and asked, "You also did the game that day?" ”

That day, the green branch was taken away, but Yu Yi suddenly came, not to mention how Yu Yi entered Qiu Lingxuan after the palace door was locked in the middle of the night, it was very strange for Yu Yi to know that the green branch went to find a doctor, coupled with the abnormal heat in the house at that time, the coincidence was clever, and it was interlocking, if it was not artificial, it would never be such a coincidence.

She suddenly said "Huh", a trace of surprise rose in her eyes, and her red lips pursed and said, "I have become a lot smarter, it is good in this palace, and the mahogany eight treasure box of Puju Palace is smeared with pollen, and it can be emotional." Alas! The emperor is in a hurry, if it is later, I am afraid that I will see a more exciting scene, maybe I will pardon you out of the palace as soon as I die, and I will allow you and Young Master Yu to be a civilian couple. ”

She smiled, a trace of cruelty flashed in her eyes, like a poisonous snake coiling in the grass, she stroked her already bulging lower abdomen and said softly, "This matter is your fault after all, if you push the young master out of the door in time that day, you will not harm him to such a point, and your child will not have a miscarriage................"

My heart trembled suddenly, and I smiled at the Yingying, "You...... What did you say.............."

She looked down at me and smiled, "Don't you even know that you have a miscarriage?" Has your trusting slave never told you? Why do you come to Qiuling Xuan every day to ask for medicine and send medicine, and why do the palace maids serve by your side, you haven't stayed in the past month, haven't you doubted all this? ”

"You don't need to be overly sad, either."

She looked at her lower abdomen lovingly and smiled, "You used this unborn child to exchange the emperor's compassionate heart, so you have earned it." ”

"Do you know how many women he has around him? If these women are dragged to the battlefield, they are worth half of the strength of my Meng family, these women are like flowers, they are looking forward to it in the palace every day, what are they looking forward to in spring and autumn? Isn't it just so that the emperor can look at her squarely! ”

"Since the emperor ascended the throne, the news of the imperial doctor has not stopped, but the harem is too heavy, and there are nine times out of ten miscarriages, although the emperor is unhappy, but I know that in fact, not only is he not sad, but a lot more relaxed, because there are too many concubines in this harem who claim to be meritorious heroes, and the front and harem need to be balanced,"

"A child, with the emperor's eyes, it's still worth it to think about."

Looking at her bulging lower abdomen, I only felt that my abdomen was cold, and it was faintly painful, the palm of my hand had been cut by the wrench, and the red and hot blood beads gradually seeped out through the fingers.

She gently tugged the sideburns in her ear, smiled and walked out of the door, and was about to step out of the threshold when she suddenly stopped there, only to hear her whisper, "After saying so many chicken words, I really didn't mention anything serious." Remember your friend of the Soft Fragrance Pavilion? ”

"It's the only daughter of Taifu Wen in the past, when you were thinking about Lian Gongzi of Qingzhu Courtyard, that is, Ah Huan in the old days, she didn't inquire much in private for you, she inadvertently knew the true identity of Lian Gongzi, and was caught by the secret whistle of Qingzhu Yuan."

"Her status is low, and if she is useless, she will naturally die. I don't know if it's the sin of the past life or the misfortune of this life, God prefers to let her live a more miserable life in the worst time. Seeing that she was beautiful, the dark sentry had lustful thoughts, and secretly took her back to the military camp secretly raised by the emperor in the mountains, picked her hands and tendons, and fed her mute medicine, and since then there has been a beautiful mute military prostitute in the army. ”

I only heard her sigh regretfully, "I haven't seen what she looks like in this palace before, but I often hear those gentlemen boast about it, saying that she is a city and a country." It's also a rare beauty. It's a pity that when Hongu saw her, she was lying naked in the barn, like a dead fish, unable to find any life, and allowed men to ride on her wantonly*. I barely saw that she was a person, but she was completely out of touch with the word beauty. ”

"Alas! Such a jade bone beauty! It's a pity! I only saw her once, and when I went back, there were only animals left in the barn. ”

"That's right! At that time, the palace saw that she always held half of the wooden hairpin in her hand, so she asked curiously, it turned out that someone in the army saw that the crested wooden hairpin on her bun was exquisitely made, and wanted to transfer her Qinglou's goodwill, who knew that she was holding the wooden hairpin and refused to let go, it was really incredible, she was already a person who picked the tendons, and she didn't know where the strength came from, so she left a small half of the hairpin handle in her hand. ”

She looked up and sighed, and said softly, "Now that I think about it, it's a lot more sudden, I think that the wooden hairpin must have been given to her by you, and she ended up like this because of you, and she was still holding the things you gave her and didn't let go, you said to yourself that she was reluctant?" Or is the hatred too deep? ”

After saying that, I raised my feet and walked away lightly, I only felt dizzy, my ears buzzed constantly, and the figure in front of me flashed, only to see the green branch squatting in front of me with a panicked face, and his mouth opened and closed as if he was saying something, but I couldn't hear anything.

I suddenly reached out and held her hand tightly, I wanted to ask her if I was the only one alive in the Ye family now, and if I really had a miscarriage, who knew that a mouth squirted out a mouthful of fishy sweetness, and in her frightened eyes, my eyes were black and fainted.

The day, which had been silent for a whole winter, finally changed.

There was a haze in the east, the sun was as old as before, the wind was faintly fishy, and a heavy rain was coming.

A large area of black and purple clouds swallowed from the east, seeing that the sky is about to change, there is no trace on the road in the palace, and even the little girls who love to lie in the corner of the wall also return to the palace early to serve around the master.

Although the west is full of white clouds and the twilight is still the same, it is not warm at all in the fiery sunset, and the red that penetrates the clouds is like a mouthful of blood splashed on the clouds, cold and cruel, and hideous.

I pushed the wheelchair "creak" on the palace road by myself, since I got into the wheelchair, I have not been out of the lonely place, fortunately the road in the palace is stable, and my skills in pushing the wheelchair are many times higher than in the past, and the road is quite smooth.

Passing by the pavilion and water pavilion still covered with old snow, and passing through the empty and lonely cold palace pavilion, I found the familiar cockscomb-shaped rock from a secluded path, and finally found the pear orchard.

This is the only pear orchard in the palace, I was brought here by Meng Le when I first came out of the prison, when the cold winter had not yet come, the pear orchard was full of flowers and shadows, and the fragrance floated.

It was here that Meng Le, who had become the queen, told me that I could only rely on a wheelchair for the rest of my life, and it was here that she sighed and said, I don't know whether to pity me or be jealous of me.

Winter is about to pass, and many flowers and trees along the way have shown their reborn buds, but for some reason, there is a dead silence in this pear orchard. The black-brown branches crisscrossed vertically and horizontally, and the faintly rotten empty branches struggled towards the sky in the cold wind, wailing silently.

There was a muffled sound in the air, and the haze that could almost swallow the sky and the earth spread silently to the west, the only remaining light became dimmer and dimmer, and the dark purple lightning writhed viciously in the black sea-like clouds, like poisonous snakes with bared fangs driving away the polluted sea of clouds to devour the only sunlight.

"Click!" I sat in a wheelchair and looked up at the lifeless pear tree beside me, and whispered to Xiao Han's air, "You're here." ”

The footsteps behind him became clearer and clearer, and he walked behind me for a moment, paused, and then pushed my wheelchair forward, through the thorny pear trees to the depths of the garden, and we did not speak again along the way, except for the shrill sound of the cold wind echoing in our ears as it passed through the dead branches.

After turning two corners, a swallowtail pavilion appeared, and the pavilion was equipped with tea sets and charcoal stoves, and he pushed me into the pavilion, rolled up the golden dragon cuffs with teeth and claws, and boiled water and tea by himself.

He is very skillful in making tea and warming cups, but a dragon robe is a little in the way, several times almost knocked over the cup, looking at his somewhat flustered appearance I can't help but chuckle out loud, his sanitary ware action stuck in the air for a moment, and said softly, "I haven't done it for a long time, and I'm a lot unfamiliar." ”

This was the first time he had spoken to me by the title "I" since he ascended the throne, and his voice was as indifferent as before, faintly with a hint of relief, if it weren't for the dragon robe being too dazzling, I almost thought I was back in that old dream.

The sewn Dongzhu on the hem of the dress shook in front of my eyes, and swallowed the "Ah Huan" I almost summoned alive, and I asked softly, "I don't want to call you the emperor, Ah Huan and Lian Gongzi are also stains in your red dust that you don't want to mention, you help me think about it, how should I call you?" ”

He was silent for a moment, and then said, "Let's call Ah Huan!" ”

"Okay, Ah Huan."

I pushed the wheelchair to the fire, picked up the pu fan placed aside, fanned the stove and started, I continued, "Yushi used to go to see when I was an oiran in the soft incense pavilion, and I accidentally listened to your piano, and at that moment, two of my three souls and seven souls and six souls went out of my body to find you. When Yushi said that you may really be a broken sleeve, I felt like I had eaten bitter melon, and I was bitter from the beginning to my heart, and I thought I had to forget about you. ”

I fanned the stove and talked to myself, and he stood aside to divide the tea leaves, smiling in the corners of his eyes, and listened silently.

"Everyone says that Lian Gongzi has an extraordinary appearance and a refined temperament, and he is He Lang, a fan of Qingzhu Academy, after I heard it, the thought of seeing you in my heart deepened. I went to beg Yushi and asked her to take me to see you, but Yushi was very worried, she said that I was a foolish person, afraid that I would covet your beauty, and gave a heart out in a daze, I patted my chest and promised that I would definitely not be rash. Who knows, these thousand-pound words met you in four taels, but it was dialed in an instant. ”

I smiled and said self-deprecatingly, "At that time, I still planned in my heart, whether it was coercion or temptation, or unscrupulous means, to coax you to marry into the Ye Mansion, and after you entered the Ye Mansion, I would tie you up in the Ye Mansion, and the province would be seen and remembered." Fortunately, just thinking about it, holding the future son of heaven hostage, no one can withstand this crime. ”

After he made the tea, he put the kettle on the stove and simmered, handed me a cup of tea, I took a sip of the fragrant tea, nodded and said, "Hmm! If one day you are tired of being the emperor, you can go to the people to open a teahouse, and this craft is enough to monopolize the tea business in any county. ”

He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be in charge of the business then, and you will collect the money at the counter, and we will try to get rid of all the tea businesses north of the south of the Yangtze River." ”

I picked up the teacup, the tea leaves in the cup have been completely full and stretched, or sink to the bottom of the cup, or undulating on the water, I smiled and said, "You said at the beginning, after my mother gave birth, I will go to the Ye Mansion to propose, you work in the workshop, I do palm treasures in the pavilion, I didn't expect you to become the son of heaven, I became the head of the Ye family." ”

"Actually........ When Meng Le married you, I knew it. ”

There was a deafening muffled sound in the air, and the thunderous sound that resounded through the sky shattered my words lightly, and his hand holding the tea cup stopped in the air, and asked softly, "....... Miscellaneous.. Why..."

When I was in the prison, I was huddled in a small cage full of thorns, and whether I opened or closed my eyes, there was darkness before my eyes. I've been hearing since I was a child, and in that lonely and gloomy darkness, my hearing is more sensitive than ever.

Therefore, the movement of the jailers peeling peanuts and touching the big bowl of wine faintly came to my ears from the egg-sized air hole, and I heard them talk there, saying that the three armies of the Meng family had made a meritorious contribution to the new emperor's accession to the throne, General Meng was transferred back to Kyoto to take office, and the daughter of the Meng family also became the queen.

"After the Meng family has a daughter, this woman must be Meng Le, I know that after she has become, there is no unwillingness and anger in her heart, but there is a trace of dark joy, Meng Le has been pampered since she was a child, she once said that the emperor is ruthless, the harem is innumerable, rather than fighting all day long, it is better not to enter, save worry and effort."

"At that time, I was thinking that Meng Le was both a winner and a loser, winning the battle and losing for life, even if the phoenix crown was in his body, he would be unhappy for life. After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't expect you to be the new emperor, but now when I look back, I find that the loser turned out to be myself. ”

I sighed and laughed, "You must be thinking in your heart now, have I ever hated you, family feuds are as deep as the sea, hate, there is self." It's just that while hating you, I am secretly grateful, at least you didn't hurt my Ye Mansion's life, leaving a trace of blood for the Ye family. ”

He was silent, his eyes flashed with hesitation and guilt, and he opened his mouth for a long time, but finally did not say a word.

The kettle simmering on the stove gradually boiled, the boiling water rushed out from the lid of the kettle, the fiery red charcoal made a piercing sound, and bursts of white smoke enveloped the kettle, he put down the teacup and wanted to get up, and the foot was unstable and fell back to the stone bench, he held the stone table and wanted to stand up, but he stumbled and fell back to the stone bench.

I pushed the wheelchair to his side, his slightly pale forehead oozed beads of sweat, I took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and said warmly, "You have lost me, I should have killed you." But my father once confessed that the Ye family obeyed the last wishes of Emperor Lexu, and the virtuous and capable are respected, since you ascended the throne, the country has prospered, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. But if you don't do anything, you can't get over the hurdle in your heart. ”

The roar in the air became more and more rapid, and the sound was shocking, as if it was reprimanding, as if it was wailing.

He seemed to be in great pain in the deafening thunder, leaning half-arched on the stone table, his face becoming more and more pale, and his lips faintly purple. The cold wind suddenly rose, and I choked on a mouthful of fishy cold wind, and after coughing a few times, I coughed up blood.

He looked at me in disbelief, pulled my sleeve with trembling hands, and said, "You....... You've taken poison .........."

I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth, nodded and smiled, "yes!" As I said, if you don't do anything, you won't be able to get over the hurdles in your heart. ”

His fingertips trembled, and there was a cold light in his eyes, only to grit his teeth and say coldly, "You dare, if you die, the Ye family, the He clan will be buried together!" ”

"Funeral?"

I burst out laughing, one louder than the other, and my voice was desolate, my voice cold.

There was a violent colic pain in the lower abdomen, and a mouthful of fishy sweetness suddenly gushed out of my mouth, I wiped the blood stains, and said with a long sigh of relief, "Dare to ask the emperor, is there any other life in the entire Ye clan now besides me, the head of the waste family?" ”

His eyes were shocked, and he was completely speechless.

I only felt that the pain in my abdomen became more and more difficult to suppress, and my eyes gradually blurred, I pulled his sleeve, gently stroked the five-clawed golden dragon on the cuffs, looked carefully at the delicate needle and thread, and laughed softly, "You said that you are tired of seeing the embroidery on the clothes in the world, rather than worrying about being similar to others, it is better to be clean." But now I see, you are not troubled and similar to people, but what you really like in your heart is the most noble symbol of the ninety-five in the world, the unique five-clawed golden dragon. ”

The roar in the air continued, and all you could hear was "Whoa!" With a bang, a heavy rain fell from the sky and smashed the shivering dead branches.

There seemed to be a haze in front of me, and I vaguely saw a bright yellow figure shaking in front of me, so I reached out and grabbed a handful of cold air in my palm.

I was about to give up when the bright yellow swayed, and the same cold hand grabbed my wrist and placed my hand on his trembling lips.

I lay on the stone table, breathing in pain, the bright yellow figure swayed, I only felt that I was pulled by someone, and suddenly the world swirled, and I fell into a trembling embrace.

There was no warmth in that embrace, it could even be said that it was cold and a little frightening, and he hugged me tightly, and his rapid breathing trembled in my ears.

The rain seemed to be getting tighter and tighter, and there were a lot of water droplets splashing on my face, and the roar in my ears continued, and I half-kowtowed, and said to the bright yellow figure, "When I first met you........ You stand under the pear tree, the pear blossoms are better than the snow, and the flowers are fragrant.......... And you, people are more beautiful than flowers, and I will be pleased with you at just one glance. Even though this world is full of charms...... You alone are the treasure on the tip of my heart.......... Ah Huan.... You're the one who failed us..............."

My eyes gradually dimmed, the bright yellow gradually dimmed, and in a trance I saw the plain white clothes sitting in the depths of the flower shadow, and the faint sound of the piano under the finger sounded in my ears again, and the jade crown erlang raised his eyes indifferently and smiled at me....................