Since Emperor Yongping ascended the throne, there has never been a three-day boycott of the dynasty, not only that, but even the cabinet ministers have never seen the emperor's face, and the excerpts sent from everywhere have not been approved for a long time.

In the eyes of the courtiers and the people, Emperor Yongping was diligent and diligent, and dropped out of the dynasty for three consecutive days, which is rare for decades.

The ministers, the princes and princes of the clan asked Father-in-law Yu one after another, and Father-in-law Yu only said that His Majesty was accidentally infected with the wind and cold, and he would drop out of the court if he was unwell.

No one will believe this statement, but the emperor did not come forward, the first day, the second day was calm, and on the third day, all kinds of statements came out.

On the evening of the third day, Gonggong Yu finally passed the emperor's edict to those anxious ministers, explaining that the early dynasty had long been restored, and the ministers who were guarding in front of the palace of the imperial study, the clan relatives were relieved to leave the palace and return home.

Father-in-law Yu waited until all the people in front of the hall were dispersed, and then turned around and entered the inner hall.

There is a bedroom in the apse of the imperial study for the emperor to rest, after Father-in-law Yu enters, the room is dark, and the palace people who serve have been cleared out.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are gone."

There was silence inside, and Father-in-law Yu waited for a moment before he stretched out his hand and opened the tent.

It was July now, and there was no ice basin in the house, but at this moment, Emperor Yongping was sitting on the bed wrapped in a quilt, his two eyes staring at a certain place, motionless.

The light in the tent is dim, and this kind of Yongping Emperor makes it look a little infiltrating.

Father-in-law Yu reported gently, "Your Majesty, tomorrow will be early, the slave maid will go and ask Imperial Doctor Xu to come over, check Your Majesty's pulse, and prescribe a prescription to replenish qi?" ”

After a long while, Emperor Yongping finally spoke, "I am not sick, there is no need to call the imperial doctor, what kind of things have I not experienced, who would have thought that I, a vassal king, could sit on the dragon chair for more than ten years?" ”

"You tell me what he's been doing in prison these days? And what did the prince do? ”

Father-in-law Yu bowed lower, only to hear him whisper, "King Jin and the crown prince have done nothing. ”

He paused, hesitated, and finally said, "The prince asked for a pen and paper and wrote a letter...... But、But、It seems to be for the princess of Jin。 ”

"The eldest princess of the country, the old concubine of Jin has asked to see Your Majesty, but was blocked by the slave maid, Princess Jin stayed at home quietly, but she wanted to go to the prison to see His Royal Highness the King of Jin."

"Because His Majesty has decreed that no one should visit, the guards did not allow it."

Emperor Yongping sneered twice, and his voice seemed to come out of the gap in his throat, "Don't see it, my words have been said in vain, and my hard work has been in vain." I didn't expect him to be a person who doesn't eat oil and salt. ”

Father-in-law Yu knew that he was talking about Xiao Yue, so he bowed down and stood in front of the dragon couch, not daring to speak.

Emperor Yongping finally moved, he slowly turned his head and looked at Father-in-law Yu, his voice was sharp,

"I told him such a big thing, but I hoped that he would be of the same heart and loyal to me as my father and son, but he was good, what did he do? Where do I put my face? I am the Emperor! ”

"His father is Xiao Yi, isn't I Xiao Yi? Yu Sheng, you say, I'm not Xiao Yi? Emperor Yongping asked with a sneer.

Father-in-law Yu knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty, you must take care of the dragon body, His Royal Highness the King of Jin must not have turned around for a while, after all, he thought that his 'father' was no longer alive since he was a child......"

"Give him a little more time to think clearly, father and son are by nature, blood and bones, he will definitely understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts."

Emperor Yongping laughed 'hooh', "If he can understand my hard work, he won't be like this, isn't he looking forward to his father's love?" I'll give it to him! I can treat him like a normal father. ”

"Even if he is not Yun Niang's child, he is also my only child, how can I hurt him? He ......"

The more Emperor Yongping spoke, the more angry he became, he coughed, and his father-in-law walked over on his knees, knelt on the side of the couch, patted his back, and dissuaded,

"Your Majesty, give it some more time to the prince, he will definitely understand, he was raised by you personally, don't you know what kind of character he is?"

Emperor Yongping sneered, lifted the quilt, wore only a white middle coat, turned over and got out of bed, stepped on the cold ground barefoot, and strode out.

Father-in-law Yu hurriedly picked up the clothes on the side, chased out a few steps, and hurriedly folded back and picked up the shoes at the foot of the bed, "Your Majesty, clothes, shoes, the ground is cold, where are you going." ”

"I have gone to the ...... of the excerpts"

The voice that faded away seemed to be still saying, "He doesn't want to die of anger......"

In the imperial study, Emperor Yongping reviewed the folds piled up on the table, turned his head, looked at the half-ringing candle flame, and suddenly asked,

"After Princess Jin came back from the assassination, her health is fine?"

Father-in-law Yu replied, "Yes." ”

"Call her for me, I want to talk to her."

Father-in-law Yu was stunned and persuaded, "Your Majesty, it's late tonight, you better rest early......"

"Go get her." Emperor Yongping repeated.

Father-in-law Yu answered and hurriedly walked out.

*

Xiao Yue had such a big event, Gu Nian naturally couldn't eat or sleep well, if even the old lady and the princess couldn't see Your Majesty, then she would definitely be turned away.

But she couldn't wait, she asked Dark One to gather the people around Xiao Yue, and ordered, "Before the prince comes back, don't act rashly." Dark one, your duty is to watch the people guard the mansion everywhere, except for the people from the Suwang Mansion and the Anyuan Marquis Mansion, don't let anyone else enter the mansion without my instructions. ”

"The prince's study, you send people to divide it into four batches, change it every three hours, and don't let people approach. Until the prince returns.

Procurement and other things in the house, Zhang Changshi, you discuss with the housekeeper, let people send things directly to the door, and let the astragalus be tested in the same way, in case someone is poisoned. “

"These days, no one in the house can receive relatives, in short, there is no life and death matter, don't go out, even if you go out, you have to report to me."

The children in the house are entangled, and she can't guarantee that all people can rest assured, but Sui Yuantang and the old lady must ensure that they are good. If you cut off contact with the outside world, others want to drill into it, and there is no chance.

The old lady listened to her arrangement, but she breathed a sigh of relief, she originally thought that if Gu Nian couldn't cope with it, she would take over the affairs of the house, but she didn't expect that she thought of everything, so that she was not only a little hearty.

However, in the end, I was still worried about Gu Nian's body, and in the evening, I went to Suiyuan Hall in person, "It's not early, you go and have a good rest, you are two people now, although your grandmother is old, but she can still move, next, you can rest well, and leave everything to your grandmother." ”

Although Gu Nian didn't show any panic in front of the old lady and the princess of the protector, at night, looking at Xiao Yue's pillow, his heart still hurt like a knife.

Since they got married, they have never been separated for so long, but they didn't expect that as soon as he entered the palace, he would go to prison.

So far, she doesn't know what exactly happened, since the dragon robe was found, why is the emperor still so quiet?

She guessed many times that Xiao Yue was imprisoned with the prince, it was nothing more than Xiao Yue speaking for the prince, and the emperor was angry and sent him to prison.

She couldn't help complaining about Xiao Yue, if he could calm down and protect himself, even if the prince went to prison, he could find a way to take care of it outside.

She closed her eyes, tears flowed out, and the pillow was soaked in an instant, for fear that the astragalus who was on night duty outside would hear it, she couldn't make a sound.

When he was tossing and turning, there was a knock on the door outside, and then the voice of Astragalus, "Princess, the father-in-law has come to the palace, and the emperor has summoned you into the palace." ”

……

"Princess, the emperor hasn't had a good rest for several days, and he hasn't eaten much during the day, and his energy is low.

"Wait a minute, when you see the emperor, it's better to coax the emperor to rest earlier." It was Father-in-law Yu who came to summon him, he received the emperor's will, and he wanted his apprentice to pass the decree, but after thinking about it, he still felt that he would come in person and ask Princess Jin to do it.

Gu Nian heard Astragalus's report, and hurriedly went to the front hall to meet the guests, at the moment it was just the clothes of ordinary visitors, listening to the words of Father-in-law Yu, she thought in her heart, and said, "That tired father-in-law will wait here for a while, I'll go and change into formal clothes......"

Father-in-law Yu said anxiously, "My princess, the emperor is waiting, your clothes are not rude, let's leave quickly." ”

In the past few days, Father-in-law Yu has also been boiling with Emperor Yongping, and both eyes are sunken.

Late at night, it was silent, and when I arrived in the palace, my father-in-law Yu whispered outside, "Your Majesty, Princess Jin has arrived." ”

"Come in." The voice of Emperor Yongping came from inside.

Father-in-law Yu whispered to Gu Nian, "Princess, please remember what I just told you." ”

Gu Nian nodded.

The emperor leaned on the couch, heard the footsteps, raised his eyes, waved his hand at Gu Nian, who was about to kneel to him, and said in a gentle voice, "There is no need to perform these cumbersome rituals. Then he gestured to the chair across from him.

Gu Nian was slightly blessed and sat on the chair opposite him.

Under the reflection of the lights, Emperor Yongping's face was sallow, his eye bubbles were swollen, and his cheeks were deeply sunken, which was similar to the emperor he saw last time.

"What do you think of my little Jiu?" After being silent for a long time, Emperor Yongping suddenly asked.

But without waiting for Gu Nian to answer, Emperor Yongping said, "He came to me at the age of five, I raised him, taught him to write hand in hand, taught him everything I knew, and I thought he could be of the same heart as me." But what about him......"

Emperor Yongping's voice became louder and louder, Gu Nian's face remained unchanged, and he lowered his eyes and said, "The prince's temperament, Your Majesty should know better than anyone else, at the beginning, he was able to get His Majesty's blue eyes, in fact, it is not how outstanding his talents are, how extraordinary his knowledge is, nor because he inherited the legacy of his father, but because His Majesty likes him as a person." ”

"He once said privately that the most important thing in his heart is His Majesty, without Your Majesty, there would be no him now."

When he said this, even Emperor Yongping couldn't help but lose his mind slightly, as if he remembered the young man who was sincere in front of him, and also remembered that the little man at the beginning, when he arrived in the palace, he relied on him like that.

His temperament has never changed.

"At the beginning, the guilty courtiers also joked about him, he and His Majesty, the difference is a little blood, many ordinary fathers and sons, do not necessarily have the same intimacy as you and him, you don't treat him like a king treats his courtiers, he treats you, has always been extremely envious."

Gu Nian paused slightly, raised his eyelids lightly, looked at the expression of Emperor Yongping on the other side, and continued, "He is such a character, straight to the point, affectionate to sexual, the guilty courtiers don't know what he has done wrong, but the deeper the affection, the more difficult it is to accept." ”

Gu Nian said, her eyes were slightly moist, she suppressed her crying, but it made people feel more sad, for a long time, Gu Nian choked and said, "The sin courtier's wife is just a woman's family, although she has heard about the major affairs in the court, she doesn't understand it very well. Your Majesty knows the prince's temperament very well......"

"I heard that you wanted to see me before, it was for Xiao Jiu's business, right?" Emperor Yongping sighed and interrupted Gu Nian's words.

Gu Nian got up from the chair, knelt on the ground, and bowed to the ground with his head bowed, "Your Majesty, the guilty courtiers asked to see Your Majesty, because they wanted to beg Your Majesty to let the sinful courtiers go to see their husbands." Since ancient times, husband and wife have been one, and if he has made a mistake, if he is convicted and beheaded, the guilty courtiers will collect the body for him. If your majesty can forgive him, the guilty courtiers will give thanks with him. ”

As she spoke, she secretly paid attention to the emperor's expression, and saw that although his attitude was cold, there was no anger, as if there was a little sadness and a little guilt.

Gu Nian lowered her head and didn't look at Emperor Yongping, she was afraid that she would reveal her emotions as soon as she raised her head, Xiao Yue was such a proud person, if he knew that the person in front of him was his biological father, how should he deal with himself in the future?

Xiao Yue loved her, spoiled her, and protected her, and now when he encountered unspeakable grievances, he let her protect him.

Emperor Yongping sat on the couch and looked at Gu Nian without saying a word, for a long time, his voice was calm and relieved, "I really didn't misunderstand you." ”

At the beginning, he also disliked the Gu family's reputation was not very good, but Xiao Yue refused to let go, so he could only follow Xiao Yue's thoughts.

"He is the husband of the sinful courtier, the heaven of the sinful courtier, and it is a natural thing to be the same body with him, and the same sin is a matter of course, and he does not dare to praise it as the emperor."

Gu Nian knelt straight on the ground, originally, she thought of a lot of fierce words in her heart, held grievances for Xiao Yue, and even thought about revealing in front of the emperor that she knew about the relationship between the emperor and Xiao Yue.

can think that the emperor can allow her to enter the palace in such homely clothes, which means that things have a turn for the better.

"Your Majesty is in charge of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and the father-in-law of the guilty courtier, the king of Jin in the past is the same brother, and he must know that the father-in-law had a past, which caused the mother-in-law to have a misunderstanding of the prince, it can be said that the prince's bad reputation now has part of the credit of the mother-in-law."

My husband has suffered a lot since he was a child, and his life experience is extremely pitiful, only here is there a little warmth, no matter what he does, please ask Your Majesty to forgive him once for the sake of so many years of affection. “

When she said this, she just reminded Emperor Yongping that why Xiao Yue was hurt by the Ji family was caused by 'Xiao Yi', that is, the person in front of him.

If it weren't for the person in front of him who provoked a woman who shouldn't be messed with, how could Xiao Yue be hurt by those things?

There was silence in the hall, and Emperor Yongping did not speak.

While Gu Nian was waiting, he quietly raised his eyes, glanced at the emperor, and saw that his gaze was stagnant, looking motionless ahead, knowing that his words had pierced his heart.

"Don't you want to visit him? I'm right. Halfway through, Emperor Yongping finally spoke again, his voice low.

Gu Nian raised his head in surprise and looked at Emperor Yongping.

"You know more reason than Xiao Jiu, I am quite pleased, after all, the monarch and the minister, Xiao Jiu has meritorious service in the past, how I treat Xiao Jiu, you also know, Xiao Jiu thought about it this time, I got angry and threw him into prison, you go this time, you have to reason with Xiao Jiu, loyal to the king as a father."

"I will forgive him!"

"I gave him a chance, but he abandoned it, and I hope this time, he can cherish it."

When Emperor Yongping said a word, Gu Nian nodded.

After Gu Nian left the palace, no matter what time of day it was, he held the emperor's token, and under the leadership of his father-in-law, he was in prison.

Like the last time he visited Gu Shi'an, it was normal to enter the door, and when he arrived at the place where Xiao Yue was being held, he saw that there were many guards around the cage, and the person sitting alone inside was looking at something in his hand sideways.

Even after thousands of years, she can recognize this as her husband.

"Xiao Yue." Gu Nian rushed over, and the guards outside the prison stopped her back, Xiao Yue heard the sound, stood up, and said in a lost voice, "Nian Nian." ”

Father-in-law Yu stepped forward and showed the emperor's token to the guards, and reprimanded, "This is the princess of Jin, you all let go." ”

The guards sideways stepped aside, and Father-in-law Yu drove them all out, leaving Gu Nian and Xiao Yue in sight.

Gu Nian walked to the cage, held Xiao Yue's hand tightly, looked at it, and saw that he was wearing the prince's court clothes, and his clothes and hair were neat, she endured it, and the tears didn't hold back after all, and flowed down.

Xiao Yue stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from her face and said, "Don't cry, you take care of yourself, I won't die." ”

"I know." Gu Nian cried and smiled, "I know you won't die, you are my person now, I don't allow you to die, how can you die?" Don't worry, I'll take care of myself, you're going to be a father, do you know? ”

Xiao Yue wiped more and more tears for her with his bare hands, his eyes were also a little hot, he bit his lip with his face away, and then turned back, although he did not lose his temper, but his hands were trembling.

Gu Nian knew that he was happy.

"Then your third thing is to take care of the child. Good no good. His eyes turned to Gu Nian's abdomen.

Gu Nian nodded, "I will, the two of us are waiting for you at home." ”

She looked at Father-in-law Yu not far away, "I just came out of His Majesty, and he asked me to persuade you to ......"

"I know you won't stay at home and do nothing, you listen, I'll be fine, I know what the emperor tells you to say. Either way, you have to believe me, no matter what, I'm not the kind of person who is willing to be controlled. ”

"I know." Gu Nian looked at him and nodded, "I know you're not that kind of person, that's why I said ......."

Before she finished speaking, Xiao Yue raised a hand to cover her lips, "Don't say anything right now, listen to me, go back to the palace." ”

"I have a letter to you here, you go home and read it again, promise me that you must go home and read it again."

Gu Nian looked at him, reached out to take what he had just held in his hand, and nodded tearfully.

Now that he is imprisoned, how to get him out is the most important thing, but he doesn't want to go out.

She looked at the letter in her hand, maybe he was afraid that someone here was staring at him, and it would be difficult to say, so she would wait until she went back to read the letter.

Xiao Yue was not by her side for only two or three days, but she actually felt a sense of loneliness, once, because of her heavy work again and again, she thought that she could live alone until she was old.

She doesn't need her children's personal feelings, and she doesn't want anything to last forever, but she doesn't know when, it has completely changed, she needs Xiao Yue, and it is her greatest expectation to grow old hand in hand with him.

She is just an ordinary woman, and love is still her most primitive desire. She thought about it, and tears flowed down her tears again.

She took a deep breath and said, "Then I'll go back first and wait for you at home with the child, okay?" ”

She held Xiao Yue's hand firmly and didn't let go.

Xiao Yue put her hand to her lips and kissed it twice, and said, "Okay, no matter what happens, you have to believe me, okay?" ”

Gu Nian nodded, and his hand gently touched his face, "I believe you." ”

A moment later, Gu Nian came out of the cell, it was almost dawn outside, she took a deep breath, dawn was coming. She believes.

Father-in-law Yu stood outside the carriage and said, "Princess, the slave and maid will not send you back to the palace and report to the emperor." ”

Gu Nian pinched the curtain of the car and thanked Yu Gonggong.

Yu Gong said, "I'm just a slave, how dare I ask for your thanks." The prince of Jin grew up watching the slave maid, as long as he is good, the slave and maid will be happy. ”

Father-in-law Yu watched Gu Nian's carriage go away, and from the darkness, one or two carriages came out, and the emperor in a black cloak came down from them.

After Xiao Yue sent Gu Nian away, he stood there in a daze, his Niannian had a child, they had a child, and a wave of regret swelled in his heart, he shouldn't have given the letter just now to Niannian.

But in an instant, perseverance appeared in his eyes again.

There was another sound of footsteps outside the cell, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, different from Gu Nian's footsteps, Xiao Yue turned around, took a look, smoothed the hem of his clothes, knelt down, and saluted the comer.

Emperor Yongping's face was hidden under the hood, and under the light of the candle flame, it flickered and dimmed.

"Xiao Jiu, you have been by my side since you were five years old, and for more than ten years, you have been my pistachio, and every time I am unhappy, when I see you, everything will pass.

You and I are facing each other day and night, and now you know me as your father, don't you have the slightest admiration for me? “

Emperor Yongping said slowly.

Xiao Yue knelt on the ground, "Back to Your Majesty, the life of the criminal minister was given by Your Majesty, and what the criminal minister did over the years was repaid at that time." ”

"Long live is the emperor of the world, and it is the parent of the world, so that the world envies. It is not in vain that you were ordered by the first emperor to be in danger, and you live up to his trust. ”

Emperor Yongping gritted his teeth, his cheeks kept stirring, the corners of his eyes kept beating, he took a deep breath, and said, "Okay, since you said that you are a monarch, then I will ask you one last time as a monarch, and finally give you a chance." ”

"Regarding the matter of the crown prince, you still insist on your opinion?"

Xiao Yue said, "Back to Your Majesty, the guilty minister will not change his original intention." ”

Emperor Yongping's hands were clenched into fists, and his breath was short, "If you don't change your original intention, aren't you afraid of death?" ”