Chapter 142: The Hourglass of Memory
When Tang Mi arrived at the imperial study, Zhao Yu had already drunk a pot of wine, which was much more delicate and larger than the average one.
"You've drunk a little too much, too. Tang Mi sat down, snatched the flask, and gave it to Little Mencius.
"What are you stumbling up on, why are you here now?" Zhao Yu's expression was very clear, and he didn't look like a drunk person at all.
Most people drink alcohol to get drunk, and the most pitiful thing is that they are not drunk for a thousand cups, and they can't avoid it.
"As soon as your emperor's imperial order arrived, I didn't even have to put on my shoes and hurriedly came, you have no conscience when you say this......" Tang Mi just said a joke casually, but he didn't want the words "no conscience" to hook up his hidden pain again, he swept the wine glass on the table to the ground at once, and said sharply: "What kind of thing is conscience, what do I want to do with that useless thing?!"
The two grew up together, and Tang Mi knew clearly when he was joking and when he was really angry, so at this time he reacted quickly, quickly knelt on the ground, and opened his mouth to plead guilty.
Silence flowed between the two, and after Zhao Yu realized that he was out of shape, he walked up to Tang Mi and stretched out his hand to help him up: "I'm not rushing at you, you don't have to be so nervous, I asked you to come over to accompany you to eat and drink." ”
"Earlier, you can see that my face turned white with fear. Tang Mi got up from the ground, and the jokes continued, and Zhao Yu lightly hit him in the chest with a fist: "Come on, just you, think I don't know anything?"
"I have come to this point by virtue of my friendship with the emperor, which I have always been proud of, but unfortunately I am not a daughter, otherwise I would have promised it a long time ago. Tang Mi's words aroused Zhao Yu's disgust, but in the end, the two were still close.
Tang Mi's alcohol consumption is not as good as Zhao Yu's, which is also the reason why Zhao Yu likes to look for him.
Drinking with Tang Mi, he never had to care about his identity, nor was he afraid that he would lose his temper.
After three rounds of drinking, Tang Mi's originally fair face turned red, and his eyes were a little fluttering, and he couldn't focus at all.
"Tang Mi, you and I are honest, what kind of person do you think Zhou Jinhuan is?"
This is a question he has been thinking about since he arrived in the imperial study, and it is sad that he has not figured out anything for such a long time.
"Why did the emperor suddenly ask this question?" Tang Mi tilted his head and looked at Zhao Yu directly, Zhao Yu pushed his face and said flatly: "Her current Changle Palace is haunted, and I am thinking about whether to find some wizards for her to do." ”
Is there a causal connection?
Rao is Tang Mi was drunk, but he still discovered this bug very keenly, and asked persistently: "Does Zhou Jinhuan's people have anything to do with the haunting of Changle Palace?"
Zhao Yu was thinking about how to answer, but Tang Mi forcibly explained: "Oh, oh, I know, if Weichen said that Zhou Jinhuan was not a good person, the emperor appointed the ghost of the former concubine to haunt her, and didn't let the wizard do things, right?"
"......" Zhao Yu was speechless for such an explanation.
"Your Majesty, in fact, I haven't figured it out, how can you tolerate a ruthless woman like Zhou Jinhuan by your side, you must know that you asked me for those exquisite objects for Zhou Jinhuan, I will definitely not care, after all, she is a person who can kill even her own imperial brother, and Zhou Caiwei is much stronger than her in terms of appearance and personality, why can't you understand it?"
"However, she was pregnant with a child, and I wanted her to give birth to it in peace. Regarding the child in Zhou Jinhuan's belly, Zhao Yu didn't tell anyone, including Tang Mi.
It's a good excuse, but it's a stab in the knife.
"What does the emperor ask me to do?" mentioned the child in Zhou Jinhuan's belly, Tang Mi, as an outsider, it was useless to say more.
"Now the whole palace is staring at Changle Palace, I said that I want the wizard to do things, but others, I can't believe it, only you, I believe you, so I let you go on a trip in person. ”
Concubine Li's pear falling incense was discovered, but there must be many people who are presumably using Zhou Jinhuan's idea, and he wants to protect her safety.
"What does the emperor want me to do, I don't have a word, but I want to remind the emperor, that Zhou Jinhuan has always been a ruthless person, how she dealt with her imperial brother at the beginning, how to deal with Zhou Caiwei, and even how to deal with your Zhao family, please don't be confused by this woman, don't forget the past......" Tang Mi didn't like Zhou Jinhuan, and the words couldn't help but be ugly, but Zhao Yu couldn't listen to it: "I naturally remember everything, I don't need you to remind me again and again!"
"It's not a trivial matter, Weichen wants to make a good arrangement, so he will retire first. Tang Mi's wine hadn't woken up yet, if it weren't for a nerve still reminding the two of them that they had different identities, I was afraid that they would have quarreled a long time ago.
"That's fine, you go and prepare. Zhao Yu also knew that his reaction was too aggressive, so he didn't keep him and let him go back first.
Zhao Yu was left alone in the empty imperial study, and this night, he thought about many things, including the things he experienced with Zhou Jinhuan before he ascended the throne, and the things he experienced as a third party when he saw her and Xiao Jingzhi together.
He used to like the arrogant and bright Princess Gaoping, but it was also the arrogant and bright Princess Gaoping who forced their Zhao family to a dead end, so he hated it at that time, until the moment he ascended the throne, hatred suppressed all likes.
When he opened Zhou Caiwei's Xipa, he had expected her reaction, a proud person like her would surely die, right?
In fact, that was the best solution, both for him and for herself, but no.
She wore such a bright and charming face, said words that were more humble than the palace people, and played a little trick that he could see through at a glance, and he was angry at that time, and he wished to kill her with a sword.
Who is it, it is he, it is he who killed the arrogant and noble princess Gaoping.
Since she is already "dead", why not let him take advantage of it, especially when she has some political acumen, he personally pushed her into Xiao Jingzhi's arms, but seeing that the two of them were so beautiful together, he regretted it.
regretted that he wanted to put Xiao Jingzhi to death several times, and regretted that he flooded the city with ice water, giving future generations a handle to curse him.
She was pregnant with Xiao Jingzhi's flesh and blood, and once wanted to die, but now that she finally survived, she was afraid that it would be bad for him, he knew it, but why did he keep her?
Why keep her?
This is the question that Zhao Yu asked her, and it is also the question he asked himself, a question that he can't even figure out now.
Well, one day, time will give an answer to all questions.
On the other side, as soon as Tang Mi came out of the imperial study, he was attracted by a melodious flute, which was Changdeok Palace.
Tang Mi went to the small pavilion of Changdeok Palace as usual, and waited for everyone else to retreat, and then came out of the shadows.
"Why are you drinking again?" Tang Mi snatched the wine glass from Zhou Caiwei's hand, he had just done this action, and that person was Zhao Yu.
"You yourself are all drunk, why do you care about me?" Zhou Caiwei said angrily, and got up to grab the wine glass.
Tang Mi had already drunk a lot of wine, Zhou Caiwei gently pushed, his feet were unstable, and the whole person fell to the ground, and Zhou Caiwei also took advantage of the situation to lie on top of him, a pair of tender eyes seemed to be brighter than the stars in the sky, and the smile trembled: "Look, look, I don't know how much wine you have drunk, you can't even stand still and care about me, you are too nosy, right?"
"Get up!" Tang Mi already liked Zhou Caiwei, and she was even more moving under the moon, so he didn't dare to look at it at all, so he could only turn his head to the side and not look at her.
"What, Tang Mi, are you afraid to look at me?" Looking at Tang Mi's reaction, Zhou Caiwei smiled, stretched out her hand to straighten his head, let him look at his eyes, and slowly opened his lips: "Tang Mi, am I good-looking?"
These words were like a fire, hooking up the secret desires lurking in Tang Mi's heart, but when he was about to make a move, Zhou Caiwei had already gotten up, smiled and bent her eyes, and teased him: "I see that you just drank too much, and lying on the cold stone slab is the most appropriate, just to sober up." ”
The shadows of the surrounding trees concealed Tang Mi's dim eyes well, he jumped up from the ground, sat down next to Zhou Caiwei, and asked softly, "Why are you drinking and in a bad mood?"
Zhou Caiwei just drank and didn't answer, and Tang Mi didn't force her, just accompanied her.
I don't know how much I drank, but she was in a hurry to drink another glass of wine, choking, and tears fell with it.
"What happened?" Tang Mi finally couldn't help it, and asked again, this time Zhou Caiwei didn't keep her silence, crying so much that she called a pear blossom with rain, and her voice was choked:" I know it's wrong for me to be like this, Sister A is a woman that the emperor likes, I shouldn't be jealous, but I just can't help it, I feel that I am so bad and selfish, I sometimes even explain to myself that the reason why I am so jealous of Sister A is because Sister A wants to be unfavorable to the emperor at all, and the emperor can still be so good to Sister A on the premise that he knows that Sister A wants to harm him......"
"What are you talking about, Zhou Jinhuan will be unfavorable to the emperor?" Tang Mi's tone raised in vain, Zhou Caiwei seemed to wake up from a drunken state, and immediately said: "No, I just listened to some palace people chewing the root of their tongues indiscriminately, it was all about Sister A's living in the Egret Pavilion in the past, presumably it was all palace people talking nonsense, don't take it seriously, come, let's drink ......"
Egret Pavilion, huh?
Tang Mi's eyes were obviously wrong, he would be very concerned about anything involving Zhao Yu, and Zhou Caiwei changed the topic: "The emperor said that the wizard should go to Changle Palace to do things, it is estimated that it is to drive away the ghost of the concubine of the previous dynasty, in fact, it is also strange, you must know that Changle Palace has been abandoned for more than ten years, why is there a ghost suddenly, I heard that there is a magic thing to summon yin spirits among the people, it is very effective, it will not be someone who ......"
"Summoning the Yin Soul?" Tang Mi asked rhetorically, he had never believed too much in the Yin Soul Theory, but Concubine Li's current situation made him quite afraid of the Ghost and God Theory.
Zhou Caiwei didn't know much about these things, and she couldn't say why, so she found an excuse to send Tang Mi away.
"Niangniang, do you think that Lord Tang will take the bait?" Chunlan still held a skeptical attitude, while Zhou Caiwei smiled incomprehensibly: "He is a good knife, enough to make Zhou Jinhuan and Concubine Li end up in the same fate." ”