It is not advisable to investigate the attack on people by pythons, because people with good intentions are already spreading demagogic words. described Yu Zhao as a demon girl, not to mention being targeted by a snake on her birthday, and even the Huguo Temple caught fire, because God was not used to seeing it.

Although Zhuo Yao guarded the wind, there was still a few words that leaked into Yu Zhao's ears.

I only felt funny in my heart, if it was really like what they said, this God that everyone feared was too weak, and he couldn't successfully take away his little demon girl? Didn't the snake also scare them into an unusual and dignified state that day, thinking that they were here to collect demons, why were they afraid of being like that? Or did this demon girl go up and cut down the snake?

Those people can't see this, and they can't hurt themselves by gossiping a few words anyway. In order to extinguish the rumors, Emperor Yuan convicted Concubine Shen, who was full of suspicions, demoted her position and punished Feng, and was grounded until the day when she sincerely repented and admitted her mistakes. also took the opportunity to suppress the arrogance of Fu Guogong, who relied on the old and sold the old.

And Chu Zirui was also implicated, and was taken advantage of the opportunity to participate in a book, implicated in the previous incident of deliberately forcing the people's daughter to death, and was punished for thinking about it behind closed doors. The vitality of this faction was greatly damaged, Chu Zikai's position was slightly stabilized, and many people defected to this side. A few days later, Emperor Yuan officially put Chu Ziyi under the name of Yu Ming, and those people began to waver again, which also made Emperor Yuan Chu Zikai see clearly which people were really available.

Yu Cheng was beaming and accepting the flattery of everyone, and he thought that it was a big pity that Yu Zhao had no heirs, but now that he has the son of the first queen, he has a future direction, and suddenly saw Qi Xing step forward, and the two bowed to each other.

"Concubine Chen is fortunate to raise the first queen's concubine, and Yu Shangshu and I will be considered relatives in the future." Qi Xing tentatively showed goodwill, wanting to pull Yu Cheng into his group.

Yu Cheng is as cunning as him, and naturally knows the truth that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, cooperation is only temporary, and when it comes to dividing up the fruits, he will not leave any affection. "Qi Shangshu is untrue, whether it is the first queen or Concubine Chen, they are all married to the people of the heavenly family, and the heirs born and raised are also the sons of the heavenly family, and they are courtiers, so they should not have the idea of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix."

The words were said humbly, but the smugness in his tone was itchy to hear Qi Xing's teeth, and his face was gloomy as he watched him leave surrounded by everyone.

The New Year is approaching, and the people in the tailoring library sent Chu Ziyi a lot of new clothes with novel colors and cute styles. Zhuo Yao tried one set after another for him, took it out for Yu Zhao to see, and finally chose a set of red hats with a tiger head, which was wearing a smile and crashing into Yu Zhao's arms, which was very cute. Seeing that the snow outside was deep, he pulled Yu Zhao out with unsteady steps. The playful little palace maids built a snowman in the garden, Chu Ziyi liked it, ran over to look, Yu Zhao picked up two round stones casually, and put eyes on the snowman. Chu Ziyi touched the snowman's face and babbled, as if wondering why it didn't have a nose and mouth.

Yu Zhao ordered someone to break a branch and put his nose on it, Chu Ziyi clapped his hands when he saw it, and looked at Yu Zhao by touching the position of his mouth.

"This kid is quite clever." Chu Zikai's voice sounded in the back, and everyone noticed that he had watched silently for a long time, and hurriedly saluted.

Yu Zhao replied: "No, it's embarrassing for me again."

Chu Ziyi kept pointing at the snowman, wanting Yu Zhao to put a mouth on it. Chu Zikai also squatted down and thought with them.

Suddenly having an idea, Yu Zhao wiped off the lip grease on his mouth with his hand, and gently tapped it under the snowman's nose with his hand, he didn't finish the painting, it was not enough, and he reached out to wipe more and wanted to continue, but Chu Zikai stopped him: "How can you draw your mouth like this, look at me."

As he spoke, he used his hand to catch the lip grease on Yu Zhao's fingers, and the fingertips touched each other, rubbing them with a little force. That bit of warmth suddenly spread from his fingertips to his whole body, making Yu Zhao feel his heart skip a beat, and he hurriedly looked back at the people who followed. Fortunately, the three of them surrounded and blocked their view.

Chu Zikai didn't have any unnatural color, and used the lip grease on his hand to draw the outline of that mouth bigger and bigger, not cute, but a little scary. Yu Zhao was speechless, turned his head to look at Chu Ziyi, and sure enough, he looked aggrieved, and cried out in the next second, and hurriedly hugged him to coax.

"What's wrong?" Chu Zikai was puzzled and asked Yu Zhao. "Am I not looking good?"

Not knowing how to answer, Yu Zhao looked at the snowman who was unrecognizable because of his mouth, and stopped talking, but finally didn't say anything. only coaxed Chu Ziyi. "Don't cry, let the sisters pile another one for you."

Chu Ziyi paused for a second when he heard this, then looked at the snowman again, and cried again. Chu Zikai was still asking Yu Zhao. "Isn't it pretty? I think it's good, I think the cat and the fish last time, I see you're still hanging up. ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't mention it." Yu Zhao saw Chu Ziyi crying louder and louder, and couldn't help but support his forehead. Zhuo Yao hurriedly handed over the rattle and helped coax him to stop crying, and Yu Zhaofu looked at Chu Zikai. "Your Majesty has been able to recognize what your level is, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you continue to work hard." After speaking, he took Chu Ziyi to see the red plum that bloomed in Ling Shuang, leaving Chu Zikai alone to doubt himself.

The palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve was very lively, and the princes toasted and congratulated Emperor Yuan one by one, and the family banquet did not have to worry about the rules, so there was laughter and laughter. Yun Zhaorong saw that Chu Ziyi was cute, and came over to Yu Zhao's side to tease, although Chu Ziyi did not react, but she seemed to be very interesting, Yu Zhao secretly admired that she could sing a one-man show like this, and her skills were profound.

There were thousands of delicacies at the banquet, and after Yu Zhao fed Chu Ziyi after eating, he picked up his chopsticks and only loved the fish that had fish every year. Taking advantage of the excitement of people playing drumming and passing flowers over there, he ate chopsticks one chopstick after another, and suddenly saw Chu Zikai staring at himself with a smile, and Yu Zhao stretched out the chopsticks on the plate for a moment. Puzzled, he looked at him suspiciously, and for a moment, he turned his head and asked Zhuo Yao. "Does this fish represent auspiciousness and can't be eaten?"

Zhuo Yao didn't know what to do, and shook his head. Chu Zikai's ear power is very good, and he vaguely listened to it, and immediately used his hand to hide his smile. When Yu Zhao's eyes came back, he tried his best to maintain peace, but he still couldn't hide his smile.

Anyway, he was almost full, and he didn't want him to laugh, so he put down his chopsticks and didn't look at him again. Chu Zikai only thought that he had upset her, and he was a little panicked, and he didn't even react when the flower ball was passed to him, so he was helplessly caught composing poems.

After the family banquet, Emperor Yuan went to the ancestral hall to pray for blessings all night. Exempt everyone from the New Year's ceremony, and go back to their respective homes after thanking them. After Yu Zhao returned to Chaohui Palace to put on the lanterns and pray for blessings, he asked everyone to go back to rest. With Yu Lu in mind, he put Chu Ziyi to sleep and lit a small lamp to keep her alive. The long night was boring, and he put on his clothes and went to the study to read.

Unexpectedly, before he finished reading an article, he heard the sound of the secret passage opening in front of the bookcase, Yu Zhao put down the book and looked at it, but did not move.

The lichen was removed, and sure enough, it was Chu Zikai, Yu Zhao looked at him suspiciously. "Is there anything wrong with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

I didn't expect her to be in the study, Chu Zikai was startled and turned to look at her.

"You must be too hungry to sleep, right?"

Yu Zhao was puzzled. "How so?"

Chu Zikai came up by himself, still carrying a food box in his hand. "Today's family banquet may have disturbed your appetite and made amends." As he spoke, he walked over and opened the food box, and laid out the braised fish, casserole tofu fish, sweet and sour fish, and crucian carp soup with milk sauce.

"I didn't bother." Those dishes made Yu Zhao really hungry. So he thanked him: "But His Royal Highness Prince Xie, I am indeed a little hungry now." As he spoke, he picked up chopsticks to eat, and when he saw Chu Zikai sitting down next to him, he asked again, "What's the matter?"

Chu Zikai shook his head, Yu Zhao wondered in his heart, why did he come so late just to bring food to himself? Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly asked, "Why do you like fish so much?"

"Because my mother and I used to have a meal without a meal, we loved to go to the river to catch fish, and when I ate it, I knew that I didn't have to go hungry, and I would have a sense of security." Yu Zhao knew in his heart that he never shied away from anything, and told him truthfully.

The very simple answer was simply to fill his stomach, which made Chu Zikai's heart slightly sour. "But listening to you, it doesn't seem to be unhappy at all."

"It's pretty much the same as it is now." Yu Zhao seemed to be reminiscing. "At that time, I just had to worry about whether I would go hungry every day. Now I have no worries about food and clothing, but my heart is hanging uneasy. ”

Chu Zikai looked at the person who was eating sweetly in front of him, knowing that he had broken her tranquility, and couldn't help but apologize. "I'm sorry."

"No need, since I agreed, it is also for the sake of being able to live with more peace of mind after the thing is done, since it is also with a purpose, there is no one who is sorry for whom."

Chu Zikai asked, "What is a more secure life?"

"If you have money and freedom, you don't have to deal with people, you don't have to worry about danger." But if you want to get it all, it's really hard to reach the sky.

Hearing this, Chu Zikai was silent.

After a while, he tentatively opened his mouth. "If I can give you such a day after this is done, can you stay with me?"

This statement was shockingly bold, and Yu Zhao was instantly vigilant, put down his chopsticks and stared at him. I saw that Chu Zikai didn't have the slightest joke in his eyes, on the contrary, he had never seen him so serious. Those obsidian-like eyes, shining in the light, burned Yu Zhao's heart violently, and he quickly retracted his gaze and said decisively: "Impossible."

Chu Zikai's eyes darkened, and he wanted to speak, but he saw Yu Zhao get up and walk towards the bedroom without looking back. "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, go back, I'm going to rest. Besides, as I said last time, I will let me know when I come, and if I do it again, I will seal this entrance every day. ”

After closing the door of the study without any nostalgia.

The light in the study was not extinguished for a long time, and Chu Zikai looked at the tightly closed door, regretting that he shouldn't have been so reckless. and secretly laughed at himself that he knew that there was little hope, but he still couldn't control his own thoughts. It's like at this moment, I know that I should go, but I still can't leave.

Yu Zhao outside the door was not much better, and after closing the door, he squatted down closely along the door, for fear that the people inside would break in. Are you afraid? No, it's scruples, and the more you care, the more scruples you have. With her temperament, if she refuses, she will definitely stay and say that the person is completely dead before she gives up, and she is walking so fast at the moment, it is more like she is on the run. Yu Zhao didn't have this awareness, he just thought that he didn't want to die, and he still wanted to live. But my heart seemed to pop out, and I couldn't calm down for a long time.

The New Year has arrived, the two people in the Chaohui Palace, only one door apart, identities, ideas, and concerns are different, the only thing that is the same, the two of them this New Year's Festival, did not add any kind of joy, only added an unknown burden.