Zhou Xuan went down the mountain before dawn the next day, and Qing Feng was still sleeping in his arms at that time.

Zhou Xuan did not say goodbye to Chen Danzhu either.

Of course, it's not that no one knows, and the guards such as Zhulin saw it, but they didn't bother to pay attention to it.

When Chen Danzhu got up after sleeping enough, he first went to the mountains for a spin and practiced archery, and then went back to the Taoist temple to bathe and eat-

Qingfeng rushed in with a crawl: "Miss Danzhu, you know, our son is gone." ”

Chen Danzhu was surprised and said that he didn't know, and Zhu Lin said outside the door: "I was about to tell Miss that Master Hou had gone down the mountain - maybe he just walked casually and came back in a while." ”

Qing Feng said helplessly: "No, our son has returned to the palace to see Your Majesty." ”

Chen Danzhu nodded: "This is very good, admit your mistake to Your Majesty, this matter will be over, he can't live with me for the rest of his life." ”

Qingfeng thought about it and smiled: "Then I'll hurry up and see my son-in-law, and I'll tell Miss if I have news." With that, he hurriedly ran away.

Chen Danzhu wanted to say that she didn't need to tell her, but then she thought of the secret that Zhou Xuan told her, so she opened her mouth and didn't say it.

Zhou Xuan wants to avenge his father, and the emperor must guard against him, Zhou Xuan does not dare to show any traces in front of the emperor, in the previous life, he took the life of Princess Jin Yao, but he still failed, in this life, because of the refusal to marry, there is another distance between him and the emperor, and it is even more difficult to assassinate.

It's okay like this, what is difficult to do will make him dare not do it easily, and he can live longer.

Although he was reprimanded by the cane, Zhou Xuan still entered the imperial city smoothly and knelt outside the emperor's bedroom.

There is no court meeting today, the emperor is rarely lazy, and he has not gotten up in the morning light.

The guards outside stood solemnly, and the indoor birds were silent, and no one dared to disturb them.

Eunuch Jinzhong cautiously walked over with refreshments and whispered, "Your Majesty, eat something." ”

The emperor leaned out of the tent and waved his hand: "No hurry. ”

Eunuch Jinzhong couldn't help but smile: "Your Majesty, you can pretend that you didn't get up, but you can eat the meal first." ”

Thinking of his actions, the emperor also wanted to laugh a little, sighed and shook his head and walked out, motioned to put it on the table, sat down and asked, "How long has he been kneeling?" ”

Eunuch Jinzhong said: "It's not much, it's only an hour." ”

The emperor pinched the teacup and asked, "How long has the cane been punished?" ”

Kneeling for an hour is not a long time, but it is different for a person who has just been punished with a cane, His Majesty is distressed by Zhou Xuan, and Eunuch Jinzhong said softly: "It's been more than twenty days." ”

The emperor gritted his teeth and said, "The scars have not grown strong, did he deliberately let me see it?" Dropping the teacup, "Let him in!" ”

Eunuch Jinzhong hurriedly went out in person, Zhou Xuan really couldn't get up flexibly, Eunuch Jinzhong was angry and anxious, let the two eunuchs help him move a little, and let the eunuchs who had been hiding on the side for a long time to diagnose and treat, and poured a bowl of ginseng soup.

"The crooked and miserable appearance of illness will only make Your Majesty more angry." He whispered to Zhou Xuanshen.

Zhou Xuan pushed away the two eunuchs who were supporting him and smiled at him: "I know, thank you grandpa." ”

Eunuch Jinzhong flicked his sleeves angrily: "You know you're still messing around!" Walked in first, and Zhou Xuan followed behind.

The emperor sat in front of the desk and ate breakfast with his head bowed, as if he didn't know how long he had waited and didn't know that he had come in.

"Your Majesty." Eunuch Jinzhong said, "Zhou Xuan is here." ”

Zhou Xuan knelt down again and shouted to see His Majesty.

"What are you doing here?" The emperor asked lightly.

Zhou Xuan said: "Your Majesty, I know that I am wrong. ”

The emperor raised his eyes to him and smiled: "What's wrong with you?" You are in charge of your own marriage, we are all outsiders, meddling in our affairs, and it is me and the queen who are at fault. ”

Zhou Xuan said sincerely: "Your Majesty, the minister's mistake was not to show his mind to His Majesty first, and he acted recklessly, which caught His Majesty off guard, and His Majesty had to punish the minister. ”

So he still thought that the marriage between the emperor and the empress was wrong, and the emperor was silent for a moment.

"These days I am recuperating from injuries, hearing all kinds of things about the three princes, I have always felt lonely because of the loss of my father, but in fact, I have a smooth life without any calamity, the third prince is the real self-improvement, he has been sick for so many years, never give up on himself, and once he has the opportunity, he will do his best for the court." Zhou Xuan knelt on the ground, his expression was a little stunned, "Compared with the third prince, what is what I have done, I have also been rewarded by the marquis, but I still act recklessly and do not know the severity." ”

It turned out that he was inspired by the three princes, and the three princes passed by Peach Blossom Mountain before leaving, and went up the mountain to see Chen Danzhu - he also saw Zhou Xuan, the emperor knew, and his face softened a little.

"Your Majesty." Zhou Xuan kowtowed again and raised his body, "I know that Your Majesty's love for me is the same as that of the princes, or even better than the princes, I can no longer enjoy Your Majesty's favor with such peace of mind, please Your Majesty don't treat me as a nephew in the future, treat me as a courtier." ”

The emperor looked at him for a moment and smiled: "Courtiers and courtiers, everyone in the world is my people, and so are the ministers. ”

Zhou Xuan hurriedly said: "Please Your Majesty will be a minister first, and then a son." ”

Seeing what he wanted to say, the emperor nodded and raised his hand to stop: "I understand, you go back to recuperate your injuries, and after you recover from your injuries, you will do what you should do as a minister." ”

Zhou Xuan kowtowed happily: "Thank you, Lord Longen, minister Zhou Xuan retired." ”

He got up and retreated, the emperor didn't call him again, Zhou Xuan stood outside the hall, looked in the direction of the harem and hesitated, as if he wanted to meet the queen and princes-

"Master Hou." One of the Praetorian guards approached him, saluted, and stretched out his hand, "Please hand back the belt." ”

Previously, Zhou Xuan's ability to enter and exit the harem freely was because of a waist card given by the emperor, which made him equal to the princes.

Since he will only be a minister in the future, the waist card will naturally be withdrawn, and the minister will not have this kind of treatment.

Zhou Xuan smiled, untied the waist card and handed it to the guards, who gave a salute, and then said, "Master Hou is going out of the palace, right?" Please go straight and do not walk around. ”

Zhou Xuan said hello, then looked at the high dormitory and the harem not far away, retracted his gaze and strode away.

The eunuchs in the palace went in and out gently, and the emperor changed his clothes under the service of the eunuchs in Jinzhong, and his expression was gloomy, which could not be said to be sad or happy.

"It's always a good thing, he can think like this, and he has grown up to be sensible." Eunuch Jinzhong said in a low voice.

The emperor said lightly: "To put it bluntly, I still don't want to marry a princess, and I don't want to have an in-law with me." ”

Eunuch Jinzhong smiled: "Your Majesty, Zhou Xuan went back to the Hou Mansion directly, and did not go to the Peach Blossom Temple again, you see, he didn't tell His Majesty what he wanted to do with Miss Danzhu-"

Thinking of this, the emperor was very angry and slapped the table: "He dares!" If he mentions it, if he dares to mention it, I will dare to beat him with another fifty rods! said that he was a minister, not a son, did he really think that I couldn't control him? ”

Eunuch Jinzhong smiled and reassured, "You can manage it, your majesty is the parent of the world, of course you can manage it, Zhou Xuan and Chen Danzhu have no family here, Your Majesty doesn't care about them, who cares." ”

The Emperor sat down with a huff of his sleeves.

"Where's Chen Danzhu?" "What is she doing?" he asked. Did she pick up Zhou Xuan? ”

Zhou Xuan lives with her, and the third prince doesn't forget to go up to see her when he passes by, it's just - hum!

Eunuch Jinzhong also made people stare at Peach Blossom Mountain, and when he heard the emperor ask, his expression was a little strange.

"Miss Danzhu is not in Peach Blossom Mountain either." He glanced cautiously at the Emperor, "Go—see the Iron Mask General." ”

Oh, the emperor sneered in his heart, and the eunuch Jinzhong said that Chen Danzhu didn't have a family by his side, but he recognized a father-in-law.

The emperor sighed a few times: "Should you go to her stepfather to help her kiss?" ”