I was a little irritable when I was holding the post in my hand, but I was also an intellectual woman in modern times, but when I came here, I was like half an illiterate. A few days ago, when I was free, I asked Sang Ma to go to Chu Mo to ask for a few books, thinking about flipping through them, but when I opened it, it was all traditional characters, and many of them didn't know.

"Master, master." Hearing the sound of mulberry in the distance, I shook the brush in my hand again.

"What's the matter, why are you so flustered?" I don't really like the way they look flustered, as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Master, second prince, second prince he ......"

"What's wrong with Ziqing?" Second prince, that's Ziqing? What happened to him?

"It is rumored in the front hall that the second prince has just been named the crown prince by the emperor, and he has been married, and I heard that it is the third lady of the prime minister's family." Sang Ma gasped and finished this long paragraph, which made me stunned for a moment, even the pen in my hand slipped down, and the black ink bloomed on the rice paper.

Prince? Marriage? Ziqing?

After the year, Ziqing is only ten years old, is it possible to marry at such a young age?

"Sang Ma, don't be funny, Ziqing is just ten years old, how can he give marriage." I couldn't believe it, and I didn't want to believe it.

"The slave and maid dare not deceive the master, and the emperor said that the marriage will be completed in the year of the prince and the crown." Sang Ma looked serious, it didn't look like he was teasing me, and he suddenly felt a trace of pain in his heart, and he couldn't breathe, like a child who was robbed of his beloved toy.

Ziqing, the Ziqing who is good to me, the Ziqing who will squeeze a quilt with me, the Ziqing who will listen to my stories, the Ziqing who will hug me and cry, the Ziqing who will take me to see the lotus, the Ziqing who will look for me with the palace lamp, and say that the Ziqing who wants to protect me, he will be the prince, and he will be married, and in the future, he will no longer belong to me, although he has never belonged to me.

"That's naturally a good thing, Sang Ma, go to the library and get the best pen, ink, paper and inkstone, let's go to congratulate." I was a little numb and commanded, like a puppet.

"Master?" Sang Ma asked me tentatively.

I looked at her and nodded, "Go ahead and get the best." When Sang Ma heard me say this, he retreated.

Ziqing is going to be the crown prince, isn't he the second prince? How did you become a prince? Qi Hao is the eldest son born to the queen, so it is reasonable that Ziqing should not be the prince. Why did you get married early, the young lady of the prime minister's family? Is it to help him consolidate the crown prince's position? The emperor did this, what should Qi Hao do? What about the Queen?

My mind is spinning rapidly, although the events of the previous dynasty have nothing to do with me, as long as Liangzhou is stable. However, that person is Ziqing, so I can't stay out of it anymore.

took Sang Ma and Bai Zhi and went to his Chenxing Palace. Although I have always known, I have never been there, and the first time I went was to congratulate him on the joy of marriage.

The Chenxing Hall is not as luxurious as other palaces, the red palace door is wide open, the inner hall is as inky as ever, and the color of the palace where the man lives is so stable and depressing. People come and go, all of them are celebrating this new future master, but in my heart, I can't be happy.

I asked Sang Ma to find someone to pass it on, after all, it is not in accordance with the rules for a concubine to go to the palace of the prince. After waiting for a while, I saw Ziqing come out, he was wearing a purple prince's court dress, a gold silk dragon belt of the same color around his waist, and his black hair was fixed with a small gilt crown inlaid with blue, and the whole person was full of innate nobility that made people feel unattainable. This is the first time I have seen him in court clothes, so handsome, I thought he was dressed enough to amaze me at the family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve.

"Why don't you go in?" He looked at me, the corners of his mouth slowly opening up with a smile.

"No, I heard that you have just been sealed, so I came to congratulate you and ask for a blessing." After that, he asked Sang Ma to send a congratulatory gift, and when he saw his servant take it, he chuckled and said, "The courtesy is light and affectionate, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should not be disgusted." ”

He stumbled slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little stiff, but in front of others, he just replied helplessly, "Whatever you say, naturally you won't dislike it." He looked at me and stopped, "Come in and sit down for a while, I'll have something to say to you when I'm done." ”

"It's still not necessary, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just been canonized, and this Chenxing Palace is full of people, so the palace won't join in this excitement." I glanced at him and looked at the palace again, it was my first time here, and I must have been the last. "Sangma, let's go." With that, he turned around and got into the Luan car.

He didn't keep me anymore and didn't stop me. He will move to the palace in a few days after living in this Chenxing Palace, and after sealing the prince, he will move out of the palace to live in his prince's mansion, and there will be fewer opportunities to meet in the future.

Ziqing has just been canonized, any wind and grass may make him doomed, at this critical juncture, staying away from him is really good for him, although I am just a little girl under ten years old, if it is rumored that there is an implication between the prince and the concubine, how can he deal with himself.

Sang Ma was naturally puzzled, and asked me with some doubts, "The master is very close to the second prince on weekdays, why is he so estranged now, the second prince is afraid that he will be sad." ”

I took Sang Ma's hand, and I felt a lot of emotion in my heart, how could I think of this, "You girl naturally don't understand." All you need to know is that I treat him as he did before. "If Ziqing doesn't understand, I guess he wants to blame me.

When I returned to the Yilan Palace, I was in no mood, I took a soft cushion and looked for a place under the willow tree in the yard, and sat down.

Wearing a dark blue brocade dress, the skirt is embroidered with white plums, and a magnolia hairpin is inserted in a ruyi bun, which is set off with this spring light. Looking at the sunlight through the sprouts, it is not dazzling, like a broken piece of glass shining with a strange light.

It's been a long time since I've looked at the sun so quietly, so far away from me, and so warm.

I remembered that I hadn't seen Chu Mo for a long time, and I didn't know what happened to Lige's hand, so after sitting under the tree for a while, I asked Sang Ma to arrange a Luan car and prepare to go to the Temple of the Gods.

The entire temple of the gods is still deserted, just like the first time, there are more guards guarding the palace gate, presumably the emperor is coming, then of course I can't be stupid to go in, so I let the minions who drove turn around and prepare to return, but as soon as I turned the head of the car, I saw Huangfu Chen in a bright yellow dragon robe walking out of it. I haven't seen him since the day of the family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, and he no longer comes to Yilan Hall for snacks.

"The concubine asks the emperor for peace."

When he saw me get out of the car and salute, he stopped, "Excuse me, although the weather is warm, don't catch the wind cold." ”

Hearing his words, I was a little awkward and embarrassed, awkward that he always cared about me like an elder, and embarrassed that he was my husband again. "The concubine knows."

"Are you coming to the high priest again to pray for blessings?"

"Huh?"

The emperor touched my head with his broad palm and said softly, "The priests have told me, saying that the day of Chinese New Year's Eve is to pray for blessings, and you two have not slept all night, and you have a heart." ”

Chinese New Year's Eve? Prays? This Chu Mo, who doesn't make drafts when he lies, obviously listened to the story I told all night, and actually prayed for the emperor.

Since it's all like this, I can only catch the ducks on the shelves to round out this lie. "Well, don't be tired, it's the duty of a concubine to pray for Your Majesty."

"Jiu'er, are you afraid of me? I will be good to you, as long as you are obedient. His hand slipped from my head and down my face, and he continued, "My Jiu'er, I am a year older." ”

As soon as he said this, my body stiffened a little more, what did the emperor mean by this? What about being a year older? When I first saw him, he warned me but I firmly remembered it, Chu Mo's words were still lingering in my ears, no matter how good and gentle he was to me, I would never forget that he was the emperor who dominated life and death, let alone that I was just a woman abandoned by the country, a victim of politics, how could I not be afraid of him in such a situation.