Ye Tingfeng turned around and said to Xiao Guzi who was standing on the side, "Go and pick that flower for the prince to play with." ”

Xiao Guzi nodded immediately, beckoning the little eunuch on the side to take off his boots and go into the water.

Ye Tingfeng hugged the prince and returned to the swing, Mrs. Wen and Tao Niangzi had been led away by Yao Yuan.

Sitting on the swing and coaxing the prince to shake it lightly, the prince stopped crying, stretched out two small hands to touch the plum blossom style embroidery on the maple bandeau at night.

Ye Tingfeng took a brocade from the palace people and wiped away the tears hanging from the corners of the prince's eyes.

The prince played for a while, looked up at Ye Tingfeng, and smiled with his eyes that were still shining with tears.

Ye Tingfeng handed over the Jinpa to the palace people on the side, slid off the swing and sat on the lawn with the prince in his arms, and asked the prince, "Yu'er, why are you crying?" ”

The prince blinked and looked at Ye Tingfeng, as if he didn't know what Ye Tingfeng was asking.

"Yu'er, why did you cry when you saw Mrs. Wen?" Ye Tingfeng pointed to the place where Mrs. Wen was standing just now, and asked the prince again.

The prince looked back, and as if he had palpitations, he deflated his mouth again, and said to Ye Tingfeng, "I'm afraid." ”

"Why are you afraid of Mrs. Wen?" Ye listened to Kaede and asked again.

But the prince stopped talking, his fleshy little hands patted the green lawn beside him, and his mouth was full of gibberish.

Xiao Guzi came back from the pond with a few small purple flowers, and said in front of the eyes of the maple at night, "Queen Mother, pick it up." The servant asked the palace people and said that this small purple flower is called purple orchid, which is one of the orchids. ”

"Zilan?" Ye Tingfeng took the small flower into his hand and looked closely, and saw that its appearance was indeed similar to that of an orchid, but the flowers were much smaller.

Handing Zilan to the prince, Ye Tingfeng smiled and said, "Yu'er, give you flowers." ”

The prince took Zilan over and went to play happily.

Ye Tingfeng got up from the ground and sat down at the stone table under the rockery on one side. After Zhiliu served a bowl of fruit ice, he listened to Feng in his arms and ate it.

After eating a few bites, Ye Tingfeng licked her pink lips and asked Zhiliu, "Zhiliu, do you know why the prince is afraid of Mrs. Wen?" ”

Zhiliu shook his head and replied truthfully, "Queen Mother, when you didn't come back, the slave maid had been working in the vacant Fengyang Palace, and there was not much contact with the prince. ”

"When the palace didn't come back, where did the prince keep it?"

Zhiliu pondered and replied, "When the prince first came back, he was raised in the Fengyang Palace, and later when Mrs. Ru died, the prince was taken to the Qingxin Palace by the emperor. The emperor was sometimes busy with government affairs, and the prince lived with the concubines in the harem. The prince didn't cry when he saw Mrs. Wen now, the prince would cry when he saw Mrs. Wen a long time ago. ”

"It turns out that the palace people who are waiting beside the prince have something to ask when they called me." Ye Tingfeng handed the white jade bowl containing the fruit ice to Zhiliu.

Zhiliu nodded, and said to Ye Tingfeng, "The little palace maids can't ask anything, the slaves and maids went to call Ning Shi Ningxiao, they used to wait for the prince in the Qingxin Palace." ”

Ye listened to Feng nodded, tilted his head to look at the prince who was laughing in the distance, and felt annoyed with Mrs. Wen in his heart.

She wasn't sure if Mrs. Wen had done anything to the prince, but just because the prince saw Mrs. Wen crying, there was no need for Mrs. Wen to exist in the harem.

Zhiliu went fast and came back quickly, and in two quarters of an hour, Ning Shi was brought to Ye Tingfeng.

Ning Shi walked to Ye Tingfeng's side and asked Ye Tingfeng to say goodbye, "The slave maid invites the queen to be safe." ”

After standing up straight, he said respectfully, "Ning Xiao was on duty, and when she heard the queen's noise, the slave and maid came over first." ”

Ye Tingfeng nodded, and smiled at Ning Shi, "Actually, there is nothing else for the palace to call you here, I just want to ask you, the prince and Mrs. Wen ......"

Ning Shi had already heard Zhiliu tell her what happened on the way here, so when she heard Feng ask at night, she spit out the truth, "Queen Mother, when the prince lived in the Qingxin Palace, many concubines wanted to take the prince back to the palace to raise her, and Mrs. Wen had no children under her knees, and it was no exception. ”

Listen to the poem a little, and you will understand it when you listen to the maple at night.

In Dayue, the prince has always been raised by the queen, and if anyone can carry the prince back to the palace, it is equivalent to taking a step closer to the throne.

But Ye Tingfeng was confused again, the prince was so important to Mrs. Wen, and it was absolutely impossible for Mrs. Wen to do anything to hurt the prince.

Prince, why should you be afraid of Mrs. Wen.

"When the queen mother did not return to the palace, once the emperor was unwell, and the prince went to Mrs. Wen's palace for a few days." Ning Shi added, "Since then, the prince will cry bitterly every time he sees Mrs. Wen. ”

Ye Tingfeng nodded lightly and said to Ning Shi, "This palace knows ......"

Emperor Jianning was very healthy on weekdays, and he would get sick once a year. Once I was sick, it took three or five days to get better, and I couldn't even go to court.

These nights listen to Kaede know.

Emperor Jianning was busy with government affairs on weekdays, and it was already laborious to take care of the crown prince. If you are sick, you will have more than enough heart and not enough strength.

After Ning Shi left, Ye Tingfeng called Yao Yuan to his side and said, "You go to the palace people to inquire and see if you can find out something." ”

Yao Yuan said yes and left.

When Ning Shi returned to the Qingxin Palace, Emperor Jianning's government affairs had come to an end, and he was sitting in the inner hall drinking tea.

After listening to Ning Shi's reply, Emperor Jianning raised his eyebrows slightly, and after thinking about it for a moment, he said with a smile, "If she wants to check, then let her check." ”

It's better than being idle all day long and throwing tantrums with him.

Ning Xiao took a white jade teacup out of the tray held by the little palace maid, put it on the table on the side, and said to Wu Yang, who was still covered with a white cloth on his eyes, "National teacher, please use tea." ”

Wu Yang's right ear moved slightly, and the sound of the tea cup colliding with the table was in his ear. After Ning Xiao stood to the side, he stretched out his left hand and picked up the teacup without a beat.

Emperor Jianning waved his hand, and after making Ning Shi and Ning laugh, he smiled at Wu Yang, "Wu Yang, how long are you going to leave this time?" ”

Wu Yang took a sip of fragrant tea, swallowed the warm tea down his throat, and smiled at Emperor Jianning, "The next time the emperor has a Gu poison attack, Weichen will definitely rush back." ”

"Then," Emperor Jianning calculated slightly, and said with a smile, "Wouldn't it take about half a year?" ”

"Yes." Wu Yang raised his hand to touch his eyes and sighed, "Weichen thinks she wants to hurt Weichen's life, but she doesn't want to ruin Weichen's eyes." ”

Emperor Jianning took a sip of tea, raised his eyebrows and said, "Wu Yang, this person has been against you for five years, can't you get rid of him?" ”

Emperor Jianning only knew that there was a person who came to kill Wuyang once a year, but he didn't know whether this person who killed Wuyang was a man or a woman, and why.

"I'll get rid of her." Wu Yang took another sip of fragrant tea, and smiled conceitedly at the corner of his mouth, "Next time she comes again, she won't leave alive." ”

Emperor Jianning was not interested in Wu Yang's personal grievances, and after tapping his finger on the table, he said to Wu Yang again, "Wu Yang, why do you say that the queen is so afraid of me, I didn't know her for a day or two, she wasn't like this before." ”

"It's not the ......emperor who the queen is afraid of" Wu Yang put down the teacup, and made a 'bang' because he couldn't see that it was heavy, and stopped talking.

Emperor Jianning didn't care, but asked, "Then what is she afraid of?" ”

Wu Yang took out a brocade handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the tea on his hand, and once again had murderous intent towards Wu Yue because of his eye injury. His right ear was facing Emperor Jianning in front of him, and after thinking for a while, he said softly, "What the queen is afraid of is the emperor's dragon power." The emperor is a dragon and the queen is a phoenix, and they should be the same in terms of qi. The queen mother has been ill for a year, and she is weaker than the emperor in terms of qi, so she has to take care of it slowly...... Weichen gave the emperor an idea, if it was not good......" Wu Yang raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, "That can only be a Gu ......"

On August 11 of the seventh year of Jianning, I heard that Feng had just had breakfast, and Lu Shi walked into Guanju Palace with a brocade box.

After Lu Shi walked in front of Ye Tingfeng to say goodbye, he put the brocade box on Ye Tingfeng's side, and said with a smile, "Queen Mother, this is sent by the emperor's servants, saying that the Queen Mother should wear it on her body." ”

Zhiliu stepped forward and opened the brocade box, and took out a crystal clear jade pendant from it, which sparkled in the sun.

Ye Tingfeng reached out and took a closer look, and raised his eyebrows after a moment. She thought it was Feng Pei, but she didn't want to be Long Pei.

"Didn't you take it by mistake?" Ye Tingfeng handed his beautiful eyes to Lu Shi and asked with a smile, "Did the emperor take the wrong one?" ”

Emperor Jianning wanted to give her the jade pendant again, but it should be a phoenix pendant, how could he give it to a dragon pendant.

"This ......" Lu Zhi was in a trance in his heart, he only took the jade pendant and brocade box handed by Emperor Jianning and sent it to Guanju Palace, how would he know that Emperor Jianning took it wrong.

"Put it here, you go down."

Ye Tingfeng pillowed the head of the mantis on his left arm, and the slender fingers of his right hand pinched the bright yellow string on the jade pendant and shook it gently, making the dragon pendant ripple in front of his eyes.

The intricately carved dragon on the dragon pendant seems to be alive, looming in the clouds and mist.

After opening his eyes and looking at it for a while, he listened to the fact that the maple gradually rose into confusion, and his eyes blinked. After yawning, she said to Wen Qing, who was standing on the side, "Wen Qing, go and bring a basin of clean water, use a white porcelain bowl." ”

Wen Qing nodded and went out, and Xu Yu came back with a bowl of water in a large enamel bowl.

Ye listened to Feng put the dragon pendant into the water, wanting to see the dark pattern of the phoenix come out.

But after staring at it for a long time, I didn't see any change in the water. When I looked up, I saw a beam of sunlight falling on the table outside the window, and my heart suddenly realized.

When Emperor Jianning and her looked at the dragon and phoenix pendant, it was at night, and there was only one candlestick lit in the hall. It's daytime, and the sun is so big that you can't see it.

He took out the dragon pendant and held it in the palm of his tender white hand, and the crystal water droplets dripped into the water along his slender wrist, causing layers of ripples.

After shaking it lightly twice, Ye Tingfeng took a handkerchief to wipe the water stains on the jade pendant and tied it around his waist.

Zhiliu and Wenqing saw it, and they both pursed their lips and smiled on one side.

In the past few days, the two of them have been saying good things about Emperor Jianning in front of Ye Tingfeng, and Ye Tingfeng's expression changed from the initial frown to the last quiet, and then looked at a certain place in a daze.

At dinner, Emperor Jianning came over.

Ye Tingfeng watched Emperor Jianning, who was wearing a dark blue robe, approaching him step by step, his teeth lightly bit the tip of his tongue, and his palms were sweating again for unknown reasons.

She tried to stand up, but her legs felt like they were stuck to the ground.

Emperor Jianning looked at Ye Tingfeng sitting in front of the seat, his eyes rolling wildly, with a hint of timidity.

He stopped, stood three steps away from Ye Tingfeng and asked with a smile, "Are you still afraid?" ”

Ye Tingfeng pursed her cherry red lips tightly, as if she had lost her voice.

Emperor Jianning took a step towards Ye Tingfeng, and Ye Tingfeng's eyes suddenly widened, and his fear deepened.

Emperor Jianning took another step forward, and Ye Tingfeng's slender body trembled slightly, and his heart flickered.

Emperor Jianning didn't move forward, but turned around and called out to the outside of the hall, "Lu Shi." ”

Lu Shi came in with a delicate food box, opened it, took out a bowl of mutton bone soup from it and put it on the side of Emperor Jianning's hand.

Ye Tingfeng lowered his head to look at the hem of Emperor Jianning's robe, and his ears buzzed. She looked up at the jade pendant on Emperor Jianning's waist, and finally landed on the dark dragon embroidered in front of Emperor Jianning's robe.

Holding his breath, Ye Tingfeng looked at the phoenix pendant on Emperor Jianning's waist again, and asked in a slightly dry voice, "Did you send it by mistake?" ”

"What did you say?" Emperor Jianning took the warm soup bowl in his hand.

"This." Ye Tingfeng picked up the dragon pendant on his waist, pointed at the phoenix pendant on Emperor Jianning's waist, and said, "You took the wrong one." ”

She doesn't mind hanging a dragon pendant around her waist, but Emperor Jianning is the Ninety-Five Emperor after all, how can she wear a phoenix pendant.

"That's right, wear it like this first." Emperor Jianning smiled and said to Ye Tingfeng, "I'll change it after a while." ”

As he spoke, he scooped up the mutton bone soup in his hand and sent it to Ye Tingfeng's lips.

Ye Tingfeng grabbed the dragon pendant in his hand and bit his lower lip.

"Drink soup." Emperor Jianning touched Ye Tingfeng's cherry lips with a spoon and said with a smile, "If you don't drink, I can go forward." ”

Ye Tingfeng raised his eyes and looked at Emperor Jianning, and obediently opened his mouth to drink the soup.

After drinking a bowl of soup, Emperor Jianning took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the corners of Ye Tingfeng's mouth. Ye Tingfeng subconsciously flashed and dodged.

Emperor Jianning was also not angry, and said after chuckling, "You have dinner, I will come to see you tomorrow." ”

Then he turned and left.

Ye Tingfeng had the last mouthful of soup in his mouth, and slowly swallowed it into his stomach after watching the figure of Emperor Jianning leave.

From Zhiliu and Wen Qing's accounts, she already knew that many of the things that happened between her and Emperor Jianning were misunderstandings. But for some reason, she just had an inexplicable fear from the bottom of her heart and didn't want him to get close to her.

For three days in a row, Emperor Jianning came in the evening, stood one step away from Ye Tingfeng, fed Ye Tingfeng a bowl of soup, laughed a few words, and then turned around and left, without reaching out to touch Ye Tingfeng.

Ye Tingfeng drank soup with his heart at the beginning, and finally put his right hand on Emperor Jianning's wrist to drink soup, he could smile at Emperor Jianning, and his heart was much more peaceful.

On the fourth day, Emperor Jianning took the last step, and after feeding Ye Tingfeng and drinking the soup, he reached out and put his hand on Ye Tingfeng's shoulder, so that Ye Tingfeng rested his head on him.

Ye Tingfeng first trembled, then quieted down, listening to the sound of 'dong dong dong' in his ears, and couldn't tell whether it was his own heartbeat or the heartbeat of Emperor Jianning.

"Are you still afraid?" Emperor Jianning asked out loud.

Ye listened to Feng's eyes roll wildly, but he didn't speak.

After a long time, she raised her head to look at Emperor Jianning, and asked what she was most concerned about, "You, really don't fall in love with Gu?" ”

Emperor Jianning smiled heartily, hugged Ye Tingfeng into his arms with both hands, and sat down on the round table.

Hearing Kaede let out an exclamation at night, his heart seemed to jump out. She reached out and grabbed the clothes under Emperor Jianning's armpit, and her face turned pale.

"Mu'er, when did I ask Fengtian to go out to find you?" After sitting firmly, Emperor Jianning patted Ye Tingfeng's back, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Ye Tingfeng looked at the dishes in front of him and gasped, and after thinking for a while, he said, "The year you ascended the throne as emperor." ”

"What Wu Yue said to you, when did you lay a Gu on me?" Emperor Jianning asked again.

Listening to Feng shaking her head, Wu Yue didn't tell her when the love Gu was placed.

"So, when did you meet me?" Emperor Jianning asked again.

"I'm ......" Ye Tingfeng looked up at Emperor Jianning's smiling eyes, and after thinking for a while, he replied, "I'm nineteen this year, and I've known you for nine years." ”

"You've known me for ten years, and you've lost a year in between." Emperor Jianning smiled, "Did you know Wuyue ten years ago?" ”

Ye Tingfeng shook his head.

"I was a child ten years ago, and everyone in Dayue knows about it."

A hint of ruddy appeared on Ye Tingfeng's pale face, and he sat up straight in Emperor Jianning's arms after letting go of Emperor Jianning's clothes.

"Do you still have questions?" Emperor Jianning plucked the beaded flowers on the hair bun of Yeting Feng and put them on the table.

Seeing that Feng didn't speak, Emperor Jianning said, "Now let me ask you, why do you want to listen to others and not believe me, if you have doubts, why don't you ask me personally?" ”

After a moment of silence, he listened to Feng Dao at night, "When you knew that I was a fake princess, your attitude towards me changed greatly. ”

The temper is unreasonable.

"That's because Madam Yu is aggressive, and the Liu family holds the evidence that you are a fake and pro-princess, and they can't wait for me to admit that it is the real Princess Zhaoyue." Emperor Jianning recalled the past and explained little by little.

"You haven't told me that." Ye Tingfeng lowered his head, and the green silk slid down on the side of his ears, covering half of his white and tender cheeks.

"I asked you, and you told me that you were fine, and you shouted at me to get out." Emperor Jianning raised his hand and pinned the hair on the side of Ye Tingfeng's ear behind her ear.

In terms of grievances, Emperor Jianning is no less than listening to Feng at night.

Ye Tingfeng lowered his head weakly, and his two jade hands grabbed the sleeve hem of his embroidered bird, "Later, I wanted to explain to you, but the fourth princess told me that you were in love with Gu......"

"She said you believed it?"

"I didn't believe it, but you have a very bad attitude towards me." Ye Tingfeng remembered a long time ago, pursed his lips, and his face turned white again, "I don't have any pity at all, and you won't stop crying...... After returning to Fengyang Palace, I received a letter from Wu Yue, who said that she had indeed fallen in love with you. ”

Emperor Jianning remembered that day and found that all the misunderstandings had deepened from that day, "I was already worried, and you sneaked into the study to read the excerpts." Also, that day, Ning Shi poured a flattering medicine in your tea......"

"I don......'t know," Ye Tingfeng continued, "Every time you come to the Fengyang Palace, you are angry and don't say a word. ”

The two of them sat there and did not eat, but did everything that happened that year.

After speaking, the two were silent.

After a long time, Emperor Jianning hugged Ye Tingfeng tightly and buried his face in her fragrant neck, "Mu'er, do you not believe me, or do you not believe yourself?" ”

If Ye Tingfeng had even a little more trust in him, the two of them would not have had so many incidents.