"A gentleman is frank, why don't you show your true face?"

Pu Yangxu's folding fan that he had been shaking for a long time was finally put away, and the room was unobstructed, and the place where he could sit was in front of the window, and a chessboard was placed on the table.

It was a sunny afternoon, with the leaves rustling in the breeze and the occasional bird leaping by, making the courtyard even quieter.

The ink-colored mask was taken off and tucked into his sleeves, he got up from the piano seat and moved to the window, with the mountains and forests in the distance, at the moment when he was seen by Pu Yangxu, he didn't feel lonely for the first time, and he didn't feel that he was a 'superfluous person' between heaven and earth.

He can even let go of the haze hidden in his heart for a while.

Pu Yangxu propped his elbows on the table, his face and eyes were expressing surprise.

The contours of his facial features seemed to be stretched down according to his face, and he even had the absurd idea that it was possible to be twins...... There are not a few people who look like each other in the world, and their age, size, and facial features are all like one in ten thousand.

It was not the first time Lin Mo had seen Pu Yangxu.

On the contrary, he lost count of how many times he had seen Pu Yangxu's portrait.

His forehead is full and full of masculinity, the bridge of his nose is high and handsome, and the most profound thing is that his eyes are as dark as ink and shining as stars.

Pu Yangxu silently observed for a while, his nose should be taller and straighter, and the biggest difference is the eyes, and suddenly thought that Shen Tingnian had said that his nose was good-looking, and his eyes were the best when he had just woken up...... This woman is not blind to the end, and knows who looks better.

In a slightly gloomy mood, he knocked on the table with the handle of the folding fan, motioned for the other party to sit down, and took a white piece from the chess jar, "This jar is the porcelain of the previous dynasty, the white seed is like jade, it is a very light greenish color, the material is excellent, it is a first-class treasure, but no matter how high the value is, it is not a genuine exquisite jade." ”

From the time he came in to the present, his expression was very calm, like a green peak, and he treated it indifferently.

And Lin Mo was wearing a solemn and low dark coat, which was faintly cold in the simplicity, and after he took his seat, he took the sunspot first, "This is not my chess, my chess is never played by others, because the person who gave it to me is my beloved." ”

The way of using soldiers, attacking the heart is the top, and attacking the city is the bottom. Psychological warfare is the top, and military warfare is the bottom.

The two of them went back and forth, with swords and swords, and there was no trace of blood at the end.

"What's the use of things outside the body, no matter how good they are, if they are around them, they are in their hearts." Pu Yangxu was not stirred up emotionally, he was just a broken chess, with Shen Tingnian's poverty and poverty at that time, what could he buy. It's just that I went through it in my mind, as if Shen Tingnian had only sent him a portrait once.

"It's true that he is young and ignorant, and he will copy books by lighting lamps and boiling oil for some things outside his body, and saving money by shrinking clothes and food......"

Lin Mo is actually not a person who is good at words, he calmly and generously turned out the past, so that Pu Yangxu knew what Shen Tingnian had done during the study period that had just a few strokes written in the newspaper.

She is the best at painting portraits, because there is a sick shop on the south street of Beijing, and she needs to paint portraits of people looking for relatives all year round, and ten copper plates are collected for a painting. She drew a thousand pieces to give me that chess set......"

A thousand!

Pu Yangxu pinched the chess pieces and turned them between his fingers, looking at the chessboard with his eyes down, about the light was too good, why was he a little dazzling, he calmed down, and after the son fell, he said in a deep voice, "After the second year of Longtai, the capital set up a special Futian Courtyard to accommodate the lonely and naïve people who cannot survive on their own, provide food and clothing, and make every order, how can the palace not know that there is a sick room?" ”

Lin Mo raised his head, he also had a pair of dark eyes, but the light couldn't get in, he looked at Pu Yangxu, and smiled rarely, "In the fourth year of Longtai, the plague in Peicheng, the white bones in the land of ten miles, the first year of Shi'an, the flooding in Gongzhou, the cannibalism between the mountains and the wilderness, last year, the battle of Beifeng City, the population of the ten cities decreased sharply by less than three, what does Your Highness know?" ”

"Do you know that you need a line of small characters on the music sheet?"

Pu Yangxu frowned, "The scourge of natural disasters can not be stopped by manpower, and the fire of war can not be extinguished for a while...... so that it is peaceful. ”

It's not that he doesn't know how difficult the people's livelihood is and how difficult the world is, but it is not a day's work to govern the people, and it is not the work of one person to govern the government. For the first time in a long time, someone has directly criticized his political achievements. Pu Yangxu thought for a while, and then asked, "What else?" ”

There is also - Lin Mo glanced at the chess surface, if the chance of winning at the beginning was fifty percent, now there are not even three layers, he remembered the reason why he was forced to abandon the game back then, those people only said that there was a noble person who wanted to leave the game, and spent a hundred taels of silver to buy an innocent identity to participate in the competition.

One hundred taels was too much for him at that time, but if he could win the game, the reward for the leader was ten thousand gold, and after many considerations, he was determined to win to the end.

Who knew that when he went to compete on the second day, he couldn't even enter the door, just because the noble man picked a random name and picked him.

"You know that she likes to drink soup, so I told the imperial chef to pick more mushrooms, and there is a phenomenon that mushrooms are priceless in the spring of this year...... In order to keep all kinds of meat in the imperial dining room, several kinds of livestock were slaughtered every day, and hundreds of them were slaughtered every month, forming a rule, and the number of slaughters in the future was incalculable. Lin Mo's voice was slow and powerful, which was different from the clarity of temperament, unlike Pu Yangxu's low and mellow voice, "You can be extravagant yourself, but don't use her name." ”

Pu Yangxu was silent for a while, "What are you calling her?" ”

"Every year."

At this point, Pu Yangxu didn't seem to want to talk anymore.

He increased the speed of his moves, intending to end the game early.

In a corner of the room, I don't know when there was an extra incense burner, slightly spitting out a very light white smoke, colorless and tasteless, which had already infected the entire room, Pu Yangxu was not aware at first, and after he had a moment of trance illusion, he tried to concentrate, but his mind was relaxed, his limbs were tired and weak, and he fell down and fainted on the table before he could make a sound.

Lin Mo, who was sitting opposite, landed the last sunspot unhurriedly.

If you lose all the games, you have to finish it.

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On the first day of the first month of March, it is advisable to make sacrifices, crowns, migrate, meet relatives and friends, avoid marrying, opening pools, making toilets, and breaking ground...... It's not everything, but it's a good day.

Changxin Garden held a full moon banquet for the little emperor and grandson, that is, everyone got together for a meal, lively, and echoed the customs, and the children were still very healthy until the full moon, which was naturally a happy event.

And Li Ronghua was too difficult to give birth to a child, and he was not in good spirits after confinement, lingering on the couch, and even fell asleep several times.

Recently, the atmosphere in the palace has also fallen into a downturn, because the attacks of Kang'an Emperor's head disease have become more and more frequent, the hospital has to increase the amount of analgesics, according to the frequency of attacks, the condition is more and more uncontrollable.

It can be said that since the prince left the palace and the inner court went to the imperial city, there was really less laughter.

In the afternoon, the spring breeze shuttles through the bamboo forest, and a playful dragonfly paper kite flies high and low.

"Niangniang, you relax the thread a little, it's windy at this time, be careful to break the thread."

"I know how to put it......"

"Niangniang, you almost see Yuezhu falling......"

Chen Luo raised his feet and stepped into the bamboo garden of Changxin Garden, only to see that the bun was a little scattered, and the ruddy Shen Tingnian was running in the open area, the sun was shining on her face, which was a little dazzling, and the two palace maids next to her were also laughing, still pulling the thread in their hands, and jumping......

Raising her eyes and sweeping again, Mama Liu was holding a child in the pavilion, and there was a soft lying Li Ronghua beside her, who was rarely awake, eating on the stone table, and the palace maid was making tea.

The atmosphere is harmonious, like the light tea fragrance of the nose.

Shen Tingnian only learned to put paper kites, it was rare to exercise, and she was amused by the paper kite scraped down by Yuezhu, and she was about to say something, but she saw Chen Luo with a sweep of her eyes, her heartbeat for no reason was suddenly out of order, and as soon as her hand was loosened, the wind swept the paper kite and ran away.

"Hey, Niangniang-" Yue Zhu shouted and quickly shut up.

Because Shen Tingnian's face was extremely ugly, he looked at the entrance of the bamboo garden.

Chen Luo held his hands, walked steadily and quickly with every step, and when he arrived in front of Shen Tingnian, he even forgot about his good life, and went straight to the door and whispered: "Niangniang, there is news from the Qianqing Palace - this is a secret report, and the queen has rushed over." ”

Shen Tingnian took a deep breath, and Emperor Kang Andi suddenly died violently?!

The news of the Qianqing Palace, since it is a secret report, will definitely not be able to spread outside for a while. Chen Luo was able to get first-hand news and inform Shen Tingnian as soon as possible, which was naturally one of the arrangements for the prince to leave the palace.

After Shen Tingnian was shocked, she breathed a sigh of relief slightly, as long as it was not the news of the prince, she could accept it.

"The Prince's ......"

"The news has already sent someone to rush to Jianyancheng secretly...... "I just hope that the secret report can be conveyed as soon as possible, and the prince can go as agreed, if he leaves Jianyancheng early, then he can only chase to the next stop."

Things can change quickly, and accidents are unpredictable.

Chen Luo's face changed all the way, and it didn't change slightly until this moment, he lowered his head and looked at his toes, "Niangniang, the slave has the courage to ask His Highness to say the original words when he leaves." ”

In this empty meadow, only the two of them remained.

"Every year, if the wind and rain fall, things cannot be violated, only to save life."

Shen Tingnian's eyes widened instantly, "What does he mean by this?!" ”

Obviously, on the morning of leaving, she was still sticking to her body and refused to get up, but in a blink of an eye, she ...... Everything has been explained and arranged, how dare this man treat her like this!

Chen Luo couldn't answer her question, but made a calm and serious statement, "Niangniang must know that the climate between this palace is uneven within a day, and now the imperial power is alternate, and the crisis is everywhere, but His Royal Highness has left Shu in the palace, you should know why." And the minions grew up with His Highness...... He left Beijing for the first time without his attendants. ”

It's about keeping the people she trusts the most to protect her.

Shen Tingnian pursed his lips and thought in his heart: Where is he now? Can you come back soon...... She really misses him now, misses him so much.