It was already dark, it was really not suitable to prepare a sedan chair to go out, Zhang Erzhen glanced at the embarrassed look on their faces, and "slammed" the door shut, hiding in the room and hammering his head desperately, "What are you doing, what are you doing, isn't he just going over there to visit the sick little stepmother, what are you worried about, if Zhu Youzhu wants a woman, all the women in the world are not all at your disposal, you are like this...... What a jealous woman!"

'Jealous woman' Zhang Erzhen despised herself fiercely, and she didn't change her clothes or remove her hair bun, she just pulled off her two shoes messily and threw herself on the bed, sleeping the biggest in the world, Zhu Youzhu hasn't come back at this hour, and he won't come tonight...... Don't come back!

When Zhu Youzhu arrived at Kunning Palace, the whole palace was very quiet, except for a few daily palace lamps, there was a slight unexpected desolation. Several palace maids close to the queen were lying on the door listening to the movement inside, Zhu Youzhu compared a "shhhh Zhu Youzhu pushed the door open, but there was not even a light in the room, and it was dark that he couldn't see where the queen was. However, she also knew a little about this lazy girl, and Zhu Youzhi walked towards the bed in the dark.

Empress Zhang, who was already asleep, was wrapped in a thick red brocade silk quilt, only revealing a small head outside, and the shiny jade bead hairpin was still tied to it. Zhu Youzhu frowned dissatisfiedly, gently pulled out the hairpin and put it on the low cabinet next to the bed, and sat on the edge of the bed and stroked Zhang Erzhen's little face. This girl has been tired lately, and she looks unhappy when she sleeps. Zhu Youzhu got up and lit the sheep's horn glass lamp next to the bed, and then returned to the bed to look at Queen Zhang's pretty little face, looking at her pouting red lips and frowning eyebrows, she couldn't take her eyes off it. This girl...... Zhu Youzhu remembered with some pleasure what Father-in-law Lu said: "The queen insisted on asking the slave to say where you went, and after the slave said it, the queen mother was not very happy." ”

"I'm not happy...... Zhu Youzhu muttered, and a gentle kiss fell on Zhang Erzhen's mouth, "What's upset, you stupid girl." ”

............

When Zhang Erzhen woke up the next day, Zhu Youzhu beside him was still there. He was sleeping soundly with his little body in his arms. Zhang Erzhen looked up from the bottom and happened to see his thick long eyelashes and the bridge of his nose, which was really the favor of the Creator, and this face made people jealous. Zhang Erzhen turned over and turned inward a little arrogantly, when did he come, why didn't he wake her up, she still had a lot to ask.

Zhu Youzhu slept lightly, Zhang Erzhen turned over a little and he woke up, the oily hair of the small skull in front of him exuded her unique fragrance, tightened her arms, and a hoarse voice sounded, "It seems that you are angry, tell me, which one provoked you?"

Zhang Erzhen said sullenly: "Where did the emperor go yesterday, if the concubine is sick, just call the imperial doctor, ask the emperor to do something, and the emperor is not a means to find a doctor to diagnose the pulse, what can he do......"

"Hehe......" Zhu Youzhi's chest trembled, and he couldn't laugh by himself, holding her little hand with one hand and dragging the person back into his arms, "...... If the concubine wants to leave the palace and go to Qutan Temple to lead the practice, I agree......"

Zhang Erzhen turned her head in some surprise and asked, "Why is she going out of the palace?" and then looked at Zhu Youzhu with a suspicious expression, "Didn't the emperor say something to her?"

"You little girl!" Zhu Youzhu touched her nose dotingly, and said with emotion: "I originally wanted to raise the eleventh brother with her, and I can follow the eleventh brother to the fief in the future, but she didn't want to, she still wanted to go out of the palace, and I agreed, I ...... Agreed. Of course this is not the case, Bai Ruo knelt in front of him with tearful eyes, and the love of a girl was undoubtedly revealed, such a proud and beautiful woman actually humbly begged to just want to stay by his side, even if it was just to be a palace maid. Zhu Youzhu disagreed, not because she was once the woman of her father, he said: "You and I met in danger, and to this day, it can be regarded as a fate." The eleventh brother is well-behaved and intelligent, and it is better for you to raise a person who will send him off in the future. If you have other thoughts...... If I had been willing, you would have been my person in the first place, so why wait until today. ”

Bai Ruo is naturally unwilling, in terms of beauty and talent, she is better than today's queen mother, she did not overwhelm the queen's ambition, she just wanted to be by his side, humble so, even not?

Zhu Youzhu is a calm and ruthless emperor, he gave Bai Ruo the last tenderness, "Qu Tan Temple is a monk, or you are old here, you choose one, Bai Ruo, I gave you the opportunity to leave at the beginning, and today is the third time......" She didn't leave the first two times, and she insisted on staying with a generous face, but this time?

Bai Ruo was confused and scared, she was too familiar with him, and there was no last trace of warmth in his eyes. Lying on the cold ground for a long time, so long that her heart was as cold as this green brick floor, she finally replied: "...... Send me out of the palace, I don't want to stay here, there's no point in not having you here. ”

Zhu Youzhu didn't want his Empress Zhang to know this, and his Empress Zhang didn't need to know this, she just needed to stay by his side with peace of mind, and she didn't know it.

Zhang Erzhen is not stupid, would Bai Ruo want to go out of the palace, but since he said it, she also believed it, and leaned on his chest and whispered: "The emperor is merciful,...... There are also those women in the East Palace, since the emperor plans to release them, I have already done the main thing to let Liang Chenghui go out of the palace and return home, okay?"

Most of the women in the palace have only three paths, either desperately climb up to become rich and noble, or die mediocre and stable in the palace, and the last roll of straw mats is sent to the funeral, the best result is to release the palace at the age of twenty-five to marry another partner, how can an old man like the emperor like Liang Chenghui be easily released from the palace. Zhu Youzhu still nodded, "Liang Chenghui was seriously ill and died of illness with no cure, so give her another identity to live outside the palace." ”

Zhang Erzhen hugged Zhu Youzhu tightly, rubbed on his chest and sighed: "Thank you, the emperor, the emperor is so good...... , by the way, doesn't the emperor have to go to court today?"

Zhu Youzhu turned over to look at her and said with a smile: "It's been this hour, you just remembered to ask? I don't have to go to court today, can I accompany you all day?"

Zhang Erzhen shook her head: "Today, I have to go to Shoukang Palace to see Concubine Shao, and the Queen Mother will also go to ask for peace, but the Queen Mother has recently exempted me from asking for peace, so I don't have to go over." ”

"I know that Concubine Shao doesn't like you, do you still want to go?" Zhu Youzhu rubbed her cheek helplessly, this stupid girl obviously didn't want to go.

Zhang Erzhen shook her head again and said: "I can't say that I don't want to go, last time she invited someone to call me, I didn't go, I felt a little uneasy, Zhu Youzhu was killed by me, I went to see his mother instead of him, this is as it should be." ”

"Kill Zhu Youzhu, do you regret it?" Zhu Youzhu's eyes deepened.

"There is nothing to regret or not regret, but I feel a little sorry for Concubine Shao, four children, and now there are only two left. Zhang Erzhen didn't want to think about that scene, sighed with emotion, and laughed at herself: "That's it, it's time to get up, the concubines are hungry." ”

"Get up, and go for a walk with me in the Imperial Garden, seeing that it is winter, and it will snow in a few days. Zhu Youzhu kissed Zhang Erzhen's forehead and got up to tidy up his clothes. Now that the four seas are peaceful, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, this is about the easiest year for him in the past 20 years.

When Zhang Erzhen went to see Concubine Shao, Concubine Shao was sitting in the sun with a thick white fur and squinting her eyes, looking like a very kind old lady from a distance. Hearing the people around her report that the queen was coming, Concubine Shao reluctantly opened her eyes and asked softly: "The queen is here, is there something to find the mourning family, or come to see the mourning family, the mourning family is old, but they can't take care of other things." ”

Concubine Shao grew old quickly, her hair was much grayer, and she was no longer the radiant and energetic appearance she had back then, Zhang Erzhen's nose was sour and her eyes were a little hot, "Concubine Shao's body is good, has the imperial doctor come to see her?"

"Okay, it's all right, the queen is worried, and she also sent the best medicinal materials in the Western Regions, and the mourning family can't eat a lot, and it's wasted in the library. Concubine Shao squinted her eyes and looked very comfortable, "The chair sent by the queen is also comfortable, and the mourning family wants to sleep when they lie down like this." If the queen is busy, just go back, the mourning family is fine, and she won't be able to die for a while. ”

The garden of Shoukang Palace is full of autumn chrysanthemums, and the purple and red are competing for beauty, "Concubine Shao likes chrysanthemums very much, and these are the ones at the flower-viewing banquet held that year, and after all these years, they are still alive and well, looking festive." ”

"The flowers are still those flowers, some are more beautiful, but the people are not those people anymore, the queen, those who enjoyed the flowers back then, there are still a few left, do you know? When Concubine Shao said this, she was very plain, like an old friend who was at home, and her white hair fluttered in her ears with the slight autumn breeze at noon, looking peaceful and peaceful. Zhang Erzhen helped tuck away the clothes that hung down, squatted beside Concubine Shao and said, "The remaining few are a few, the dead are dead, and the living still have to live." In the past, the concubines also thought that if the good people died, what would the surviving people who were full of sin say, indicating that there was no conscience and justice in this world. Concubine Shao chose the current emperor back then, and it is also a kind of creation to be so comfortable now. There are not many of these concubines in the harem who can be as comfortable as you......"

"Yes, they can't compare with the mourning family, there are several princes and princesses in the mourning family, and they don't ......" Concubine Shao muttered: "The first emperor protected the mourning family in the end." ”

“...... The concubine mourns, the concubine hopes that you will take care of your health, and Princess Wanhua is still waiting for you. ”

Concubine Shao opened her eyes and glanced at Zhang Erzhen, and said softly: "Don't worry, the queen is fine." ”

Zhang Erzhen came out of Shoukang Palace, hesitated for a long time and then turned to see Bai Ruo. Bai Ruo is completely different from Concubine Shao, she is still a fairy-like person, wearing a pure white and immaculate floor-length skirt and staring at the ginkgo biloba with fallen leaves. Hearing the person next to him say that the queen mother was coming, he didn't even look back, and said coldly: "What are you doing here, are you here to see a joke, or to laugh at me." ”

"Originally, I didn't know what I was going to do...... Zhang Erzhen walked under the ginkgo tree, looked at Bai Ruo's delicate face and smiled: "...... When I see you, I will probably know, Bai Ruo, are you really willing to stay in the temple for the rest of your life?"

"The emperor's will, can I disobey?" Bai Ruo looked at Zhang Erzhen's eyes full of hatred.