From the time Chu Hongzhen called him out to the present, the purple-clothed commander has been prostrate on the ground for a long time, but Chu Hongzhen has not spoken for a long time.

The face of the emperor who was high above was cloudy, and he couldn't see his current mood at all.

The people below had to continue to wait with their heads down, and they didn't dare to show any emotion, for fear that something would make a mistake and provoke Long Yan again.

Since the failure of the last attempt to encircle Chu Yunshen, although the purple-clothed commander and the entire purple-clothed dark guard have not been severely punished, Chu Hongzhen's attitude towards them has obviously changed a lot.

If Yingjingjing was the sharpest knife of Wu Xiangguo, the original purple-clothed commander was Chu Hongzhen's most powerful arrow.

Now that this arrow is no longer sharp, and there is a deviation in the process of stabbing, Chu Hongzhen will naturally have other ideas.

The purple-clothed commander's pair of eagle eyes flashed with an imperceptible light, and he silently tightened his palms a little bit.

There was such silence in the Imperial Study that even the air was suffocating.

After a while, a little eunuch came over and whispered in Yuan Qing's ear, and then Yuan Qing lowered his eyebrows and bowed his head in Chu Hongzhen's ear and said:

"Your Majesty, the Fourteenth Prince is clamoring outside to come in."

Yuan Qing's tone was very light, sounding impartial, just recounting a fact.

Chu Hongzhen was really satisfied with such a statement, his brows relaxed, and the corners of his mouth brought a little smile:

"Yi'er, this kid is always so breathless, and he is very emotional."

Yuan Qing didn't dare to say more, but also nodded and smiled, waiting for Chu Hongzhen's next orders.

Chu Hongzhen glanced at the secret letter in his hand again, and said lightly to the purple-clothed commander who didn't dare to say a word on the ground:

"You know what to do, right? If something goes wrong this time, you know what will happen. ”

As he spoke, he handed Yuan Qing another secret letter on the table.

After Yuan Qing finished saluting, he walked unhurriedly to the purple-clothed commander and handed over the secret letter with a thin piece of paper.

The purple-clothed commander didn't dare to delay, so he only took the things and immediately took the order.

And when he left, Chu Hongzhen behind him had already changed into another face, and was gently instructing Yuan Qing:

"Go and call Yi'er in, I want to play a game of chess with him."

Yuan Qing hurriedly responded flatteringly, and walked out in small steps behind the purple-clothed commander.

As soon as he went out, the purple-clothed commander squinted slightly, and it was not difficult to see that under the sunset, Chu Hongyi, who was wearing the clothes of the Jiaolong Emperor, was standing next to the stone steps, and the golden thread on his body was looming under the action of light.

The expression on his face was undisguised, just so naked that he showed his worry.

And the purple-clothed commander also knew what Chu Hongyi was worried about, it was nothing more than the secret letter that Chu Yunshen came to today.

It's strange to say, it stands to reason that Chu Hongyi has done it so obviously, and he is always at the forefront of the news, Chu Hongzhen should be the most disgusted with this.

Isn't such a person the most taboo in the palace?

Always inquiring for all kinds of information, and also showing his thoughts in front of the emperor.

If it were someone else, Chu Hongzhen would have gone down to death with a holy decree a long time ago. is the fourteenth prince who is always stupid, but he can please Chu Hongzhen.

Thinking that Chu Yunshen, who was also the prince, was suffering thousands of miles away, not only did he lose his official position, but now he had to leave his hometown to make amends for his crimes, and the purple-clothed commander sighed for a while.

People are really incomparable, but he only smiled at Chu Hongyi and saluted, not revealing any of his inner emotions at all.

What do these things in the palace have to do with him?

Even if Chu Yunshen is not doing well, it is better than the purple-clothed commander who always ties his head to the waistband of his trousers and lives on the tip of the sword.

He can't take care of it himself, so how can he have the leisure to worry about whether other people's lives are doing well.

Walking forward step by step, the smile on the face of the purple-clothed commander has never faded, but the original respect has been transformed into a faint mockery at some point.

The sun is setting, stretching everyone's shadow extremely long.

The imperial study quickly shrank into a small phantom behind the purple-clothed commander, but the fierce aura of the teeth and claws was extremely compelling, and he was overwhelmed for a long time.

The wild cat that came out of nowhere whimpered quietly in the corner, and the purple-clothed commander followed the sound, and when he saw the furry figure of the wild cat, he stepped forward step by step and hugged the orange cat in his arms.

The orange cat didn't know if he felt the cold aura on his body, so he screamed and struggled.

The purple-clothed commander took a breath of cool air in a low voice, and then tightened his arm, and there were already three obvious blood marks on his hands.

"Little Things ......"

The feminine voice did not hear any emotion, and the aftermath was only quickly replaced by the contented purr of the wild cat.

Suddenly the snoring stopped, replaced by a more stolen whimper than before, and then there was no further movement.

After a while, the purple-clothed commander reappeared.

He casually cocked his orchid fingers, twisted out a piece of purple brocade from his arms, and wiped his pale and slender fingers very carefully.

Then, Jin Pa was thrown to the ground in disgust by him, he patted his shirt, and turned his head away without hesitation.

As for the piece of brocade, it turned around lightly, and it just covered the cat's face with its pupils wide open.

It was quiet under the Jinpa, and I didn't feel any sound.

It wasn't until the slight footsteps went away and disappeared that there was a slight undulation in the place covered by the brocade.

It's just that the breath is extremely weak, and if there is nothing, it can disappear at any time.

The night at the palace always comes so quickly, and the colors darken quietly.

Chu Hongyi didn't expect that he just played a few more games of chess with Chu Hongzhen, how could it be that after coming out of the imperial study, the sky darkened.

But even if it was getting late at night, he shouldn't have come here.

Looking around, Chu Hongyi stood by the dark bamboo forest and shivered for no reason.

This is just in the opposite direction to the Splendid Palace, with a bamboo forest on his side and a low wall in front of him.

The walls of the low wall are dilapidated, and it feels like the bricks on the wall can collapse and fall at any moment.

Chu Hongyi couldn't even breathe lightly, because he knew too well what the place was on the other side of the wall.

It was the most remote part of the harem.

At this time, there happened to be an intermittent sound of wooden fish over there, but this sound was still slightly different from the previous sound, it seemed to be more mechanical, and a little panicked.

The sound of the wooden fish came from an extremely simple Buddhist hall, which was also the reason why Chu Hongyi was eager to turn around and leave immediately.

It stands to reason that there can't be a place like a Buddhist hall in the palace, but here, there is such a special existence.

Not only does he know this, but even Cheng Xiaoxiao, who doesn't live in the palace, knows a thing or two.

It's not because of anything else, it's mainly because as early as the time when Cheng Xiaoxiao came to the palace, when they followed Chu Hongyi around to collect traces of unjust souls, the two of them had passed by here.

However, Chu Hongyi naturally didn't find out here at that time, he had to be earlier, it should be said that much earlier.

Recalling that when he described Cheng Xiaoxiao at that time, his mood was the same as now, with a hint of taboo and deep confusion.

Don't blame Chu Hongyi for playing tricks, he just told Cheng Xiaoxiao that this is specially opened up by Chu Hongzhen for the queen, as for the reason and what the origin is, he doesn't know.

He only knew that since he could remember, the queen always liked to chant sutras and recite Buddha here.

Every day when she was dark, she would come here alone. Occasionally, she will bring someone, but it is only an old mother who has been with her for many years, or a few times it is a maid Fu'er.

Fu'er's brain is not very good, so the number of visits is relatively small, probably because the queen mother is worried that she will knock on the Buddha statue or incense candles in the Buddhist hall.

However, Chu Hongyi also really felt that the queen mother had a good temper.

Fu'er didn't see the queen angry when she did something wrong in the past, and a few times Fu'er mistook the queen's Buddhist beads, and the queen went back to get the Buddhist beads by herself, and she didn't punish Fu'er.

It's just that since then, Fu'er can only stand guard outside the Buddhist hall and copy Buddhist scriptures with the old woman.

The old mama is not without a name, but the time is too long, and the queen always calls her 'Mama', and over time, everyone forgets Mama's real name.

Chu Hongyi remembered that Cheng Xiaoxiao also asked him why he thought the queen was good, although he didn't explain it directly, but he told Cheng Xiaoxiao something.

He said that the character of his mother Su Guifei is actually clear to everyone, and he also knows that Cheng Xiaoxiao doesn't like his mother.

But because it's his mother, he can't say whether this character is good or bad.

Anyway, when he was very young, Su Guifei warned him more than once:

"Don't go to the Buddha Hall, if you see the queen, you have to hide far away, don't play with the queen."

He also asked why more than once.

But as long as he asked, Su Guifei would put away the taboo on her face and explain with a cold look:

"The queen likes to be clean, what if you go and disturb her?"

It's the same answer every time.

He also asked about the Buddha Hall, and Su Guifei's expression was even more strange, as if she was deliberately hiding something:

"There are many gods in the Buddha hall, if you go and disturb the gods, the gods will blame you."

Although Chu Hongyi was naughty, he had always listened to Concubine Su's words.

It's just that he was too young at that time, and with the existence of the Seventh Prince Chu Yelin, it is inevitable that there will still be mistakes.

Chu Hongyi remembered that it was a beautiful evening, and there was still a faint afterglow in the sky.

Because it's summer, the night in the capital is darker and darker.

Seventh brother Chu Yelin sneaked around the Buddhist hall with him and told him that the tea crisp enshrined in the Buddhist hall tasted good, and it was made by Fu'er when he had a rare brain, and he couldn't meet it once in a few years.

As soon as he heard this, he naturally swallowed his saliva, and the two slipped in immediately. At that time, because he had never eaten tea crisp, he naturally and selectively forgot Su Guifei's teachings.

The tea crisp is indeed delicious, although it is said that everything in the imperial dining room in the palace is very delicious.

But for him at that time, the excitement brought by stealing food, as well as the previous description of the tea crisp by the seventh brother, was enough to add a lot of points to the tea crisp in front of him.