Ying'e followed Er Zhurong back to the Luoyang Palace, and she saw that Er Zhurong actually lived in the Jiafu Palace, the dormitory of the Empress Dowager Hu. Jiafu Hall is still Hu Xianzhen's favorite decoration back then, although Er Zhurong smashed the original utensils in anger, but soon let the Internal Affairs Office rearrange it according to the original style, and still put it in the original position. The hall was burning with Hu Xianzhen's favorite ylang-ylang incense, and the smoke was swirling with the purple veil hanging in the hall, like a fairyland. On the phoenix couch in the dormitory, Jinfeng Chaorui was neatly stacked, and the red embroidered skirt that Hu Xianzhen wore before he shaved his ordination was placed on the bed, and there was a flower leaf of the other side flower sticking to the corner of the skirt. On the dresser next to the couch, Xianzhen's makeup and dowry ornaments were quietly placed there in turn, as if waiting for their owner to put it on again.

Ying'e gently stroked the bronze mirror of the dressing table with her hand and stared at it. seemed to see Hu Xianzhen's gorgeous and peerless face again, her eyes were soft, and she smiled lightly, as if she was calling softly, "Concubine Ying, you're back." ”

Ying'e burst into tears and responded, "Queen Mother, Ying'e is back, Ying'e misses you." ”

This scene made Er Zhurong, who was standing behind her, feel like he was hammered with a heavy fist, he didn't expect his daughter and Hu Xianzhen to have such a deep relationship, his eyes were moist, he slowly walked to his daughter's side, put his arm around his daughter's shoulder and said, "E'er, Daddy didn't expect the Queen Mother to be so good to you, so that you miss it so much." ”

Ying'e buried her head in her father's arms and cried, "Daddy still remembers that after his daughter entered the palace, Daddy came to Luoyang to see his daughter, and the Queen Mother arranged for our father and daughter to meet in Luyuan?" ”

Er Zhurong's thoughts were instantly pulled to the past by Ying'e's words, he remembered that when he was boating on the river, he asked Hu Xianzhen why he couldn't be his woman, at that time he said that he would protect her in this life, but now it was himself who killed her, he now guards this Jiafu Hall every day, just to think if she can be attached to this place with a wisp of incense, let him see her, tell him the confession in his heart, maybe this is really not the place she wants to stay, Fang Soul has never come back, every night he caresses the embroidered skirt, telling his endless thoughts. He nodded bitterly, "Daddy didn't forget." ”

The meeting in Luyuan was the happiest time for Ying'e to think that her father should be, she saw that Er Zhurong was touched, and then said, "The Queen Mother later told me that Daddy said that he would protect her, but now the Queen Mother is gone, even if Daddy is lovesick every day, can the Queen Mother feel her soul?" Daddy never thought about the worries about the Great Wei Jiangshan in the heart of the Queen Mother before she died? ”

Er Zhurong heard Ying'e's ulterior motives, he turned Ying'e's body and let her face him, "E'er, when did you learn her trick, every word has ulterior motives?" Even if she hated me, what could I do now? Are you asking for the queen mother to get her back or for the current emperor? ”

Ying'e looked at the anger in Er Zhurong's eyes, and before he could answer, Er Zhuzhao, who happened to be about to report the matter of Yongning Temple, entered the hall and listened, but he didn't understand why Ying'e was helping outsiders to speak, and shouted, "Sister, you have only eaten a few meals from the Yuan family, so you will speak for them." According to the meaning of our soldiers, the general should abolish that Yuan Ziyou and become the emperor himself. ”

Er Zhurong pointed to Er Zhuzhao and said to Ying'e, "Listen, you tell your father, why did your father enter this Luoyang and not ascend the throne by himself, and set up this Yuan Ziyou?" ”

Ying'e said without thinking, "Daddy is for the promise he made to the Queen Mother back then." ”

Er Zhu Zhao jumped and said, "General, is it true that you didn't ascend the throne to be the emperor because of that **?" ”

Before the words fell, Er Zhuzhao was instantly kicked down by Er Zhurong, "Tu Wu'er (Er Zhu Zhaohu name), in the future, my army will not allow a word to slander the Queen Mother, if someone says that the Queen Mother is fornicated, the military law will deal with it." If you're coming in to say this, you can get out of here now. ”

Er Zhu Zhao saw that his uncle was angry, although he was indignant in his heart, he didn't dare to say another word, got up from the ground, apologized to Er Zhurong, and said, "My nephew doesn't choose what to say, don't be angry, I won't say it in the future, and next time, the general will deal with it directly by military law." I'm here to report to the general about the concubines in Yongning Temple. ”

Er Zhurong was a little angry, "Say, what's wrong with those concubines." ”

Erzhu Zhaoyu said, "I just received a report from He Basheng, they just set off not long ago, and when they reached the mountain, they were ambushed by the bandit Han Jun there. In the chaos, all the concubines were killed by Han Jun's arrows, and He Batsheng was extremely brave, and he killed the bandit leader Han Jun alone, and now he took his head outside the palace to ask for guilt. ”

When Ying'e heard that all those palace maids had died tragically, she couldn't help but feel sad, and she felt guilty for failing to save the lives of these palace maids, and couldn't help but burst into tears. She knew how these palace maids died, she vaguely felt that things must not be as Er Zhu Zhao had told, she looked at Er Zhurong suspiciously, but Er Zhurong didn't give her any hints, only told Er Zhu Zhao to take He Batsheng to Xuanguang Palace, and he would come later. Before leaving, he said to Ying'e, "But some concubines are dead, don't cry for them, you go back to your Pujia Palace these days, and cultivate well, the emperor has mentioned it to me a few times and wants to come to see you." ”

Ying'e knew that he was talking about Yuan Ziyou, can it be the same as before, she didn't know the bottom of her heart, and now she needed to make sure whether the sisters of Yaoguang Temple had left, and whether Lian Jin had an accident. She nodded, "Got it, Daddy." ”

Pujia Palace is the palace that Xuanwu Emperor Yuan Ke built for her in order to protect the pregnant Empress Dowager Hu from being framed by Gao Ying, this palace is remote, empty all around, layers of corridors, if you are the first to enter, it is impossible to find the location of the main hall. After Erzhu Ying'e entered the palace, Empress Dowager Hu gave this palace to Ying'e in order to entrap Erzhurong to show her favor. Here, Ying'e can't count how many lonely nights she has spent, but fortunately she is accompanied by those books and the sound of his flute. Now back here, Ying'e has mixed feelings. After not living in it for a while, the furnishings of the room fell a little dust, and the daffodils in the courtyard also dried up and lost their vitality due to lack of water.

Qi Hua removed the withered narcissus from the pot, and felt as she moved, "It's really a thing, I think this is a new plant ordered by the Queen Mother during the New Year, and now the people and flowers are gone." ”

Ying'e watched the palace people busy cleaning the courtyard, and ordered someone to move the books in the study out to dry, she flipped through the books, and asked thoughtfully, "Has the emperor moved into Luoyang?" ”

Qi Wan covered her mouth and smiled, "Niangniang misses the emperor?" I heard that the emperor had entered the palace yesterday and is now living in Xuanguang Palace, so I think it is time to come to see Niangniang at this time. ”

Ying'e couldn't help but blushed with her amusement, and spat at her, "You little hooves spoil you, and you actually make fun of me." What kind of mother am I, he is the emperor today, I am the mother of the former dynasty, he came to see what I did. Thinking about it, his father actually placed him in the Xuanguang Palace, is he sure, Ying'e frowned worriedly.

The master and servant were talking, and suddenly heard a report outside that the emperor had arrived, Ying'e did not admit that she was in love with the person who was in love with the morning and twilight, and was about to come in, she panicked for a while, and ran back to the dormitory, and hurriedly sorted out her makeup in front of the mirror, and even the thrush's hand was trembling slightly, and it was easy to describe, and she looked carefully for a moment, and was sure that there was no flaw before she breathed a sigh of relief, and before she could apply a little powder, Qihua's voice sounded behind her, "Niangniang, the emperor is here." ”

She pinched her eyebrows tightly, at this time she wanted to see him sooner, but she was afraid of the embarrassment after turning around to see him, and the contradictory mood tugged at her and she didn't know what to do, and the atmosphere in the hall was very quiet for a while. After a moment, his voice broke the condensed air, "Ying Concubine Niangniang, don't come to harm." ”

His voice was still so deep and powerful, Ying'e choked the tears rolling in her eyes, and turned around slowly, only to see Yuan Ziyou's head tied with purple and gold double dragons winning the pearl crown, wearing a bright yellow nine-dragon gon, and his feet were ruyi and bare-footed.

Ying'e wanted to get closer, but she didn't dare to frolic like before, she bent down and saluted, "Zhu Ying'e, the concubine of the former dynasty, see the emperor, long live the emperor." ”

Yuan Ziyou instructed Zhang Haosong, the eunuch in the chamberlain, to hand over the jewels, jade, silk, etc. that Er Zhurong arranged for him to be put away. Qi Yu read the meaning in Ying'e's tender eyes, pulled Zhang Haosong's sleeve, and after asking Yuan Ziyou if they needed to serve, the two of them retreated to the outside of the hall with all the idle people in the dormitory, and waited under the corridor from afar.

A wisp of fragrance, but at this moment, it was two souls with different moods, Yuan Ziyou barely squeezed out a little warmth in his eyes, lowered his voice and asked, "How are these days?" ”

Ying'e, who was immersed in lovesickness, didn't notice Yuan Ziyou's previous expression, only read the tenderness at this moment, she was happy in her heart, and a little uneasy, her hand unconsciously rolled the tassels on her sleeves, and the shyness of the little woman suddenly appeared. If Yuan Ziyou had seen her like this before, he would have been unable to control his feelings and embrace her in his arms, because now there is no one who needs him to hide his thoughts. It's a pity that his two brothers Yuan Shao, Yuan Zizheng and those clan uncles all died at the hands of her father, his emotions are complicated, and now for him, it is a blood feud of national hatred and family hatred, and the murderer is the father of the person he loves the most. Yuan Ziyou couldn't find a conversation for a while, he walked to the tea table, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it slowly.

Ying'e lowered her head in anticipation of his further moves, and in her fantasy, now they could safely and boldly exchange heartfelt hearts, and perhaps he would come and hold her hand, for she remembered that he had said, "I am willing to take your hand and be with you." It's just that time suddenly froze, he was close at hand, but Ying'e began to be afraid, she raised her head, trying to read his true feelings from Yuan Ziyou's eyes, but why, she didn't read anything, just felt that there was a faint layer of smoke between the eyes of the two. She couldn't help but ask, "Ayu, I'm just thinking about you these days." She suddenly lost her words, paused, and changed her words, "I wonder if you're doing well." ”

Yuan Ziyou was touched by her sentence that she wanted you to touch the bottom of his heart, but he pressed it down again, he put down the teacup, but he didn't want to look directly at those affectionate eyes, "I, I'm also thinking about how you're doing, I know that you went to Yongning Temple to become a monk, and I wanted to visit." The ministers admonished and said that you are the imperial concubine of the previous dynasty, and I went to Yongning Temple in person to disagree with the ritual system, so it was delayed. Today, I know that you have entered the palace, so I can't help but come to see you. ”

Ying'e was happy when she heard this, and she didn't think too much about it, "Ah You, you are already the emperor of Great Wei, the current Emperor Xiaozhuang, you can do what you wanted to do before, eh, I mean to revitalize our dynasty and unify the country." ”

Yuan Ziyou smiled bitterly, "Now I don't even dare to call me me, and other things are just fantasy for me." I heard that you are back, and I just want to see you, but now that I have seen you, I am relieved to see that you are all right. You have just returned to the palace, you must be tired, and have a good rest, we will come a long way. ”

Ying'e looked at the depressed look in his eyes, knowing that his ambition was uncomfortable and his heart was depressed, she was a little distressed, but she couldn't relieve him in the slightest. She didn't like the sentence that came to the day for a long time, and she looked forward to it for a long time, and finally saw it, but it was even more rusty than before, she whispered, "The day is long, I only remember that when you said goodbye to my father outside Luoyang City that day, you handed me a Jinpa; I only remember countless lonely nights, accompanied by the sound of your reading and the faint sound of the flute; I only remember that when I was almost framed by Pan Wailian, it was you who ran to find evidence, told the Queen Mother the truth, and rescued me from my predicament. All of this is vividly in my mind, Ying'e is not an unintentional person, but she does not want to be a sad person again. ”

Yuan Ziyou's heart was stabbed by her words, he endured the distress, he moved to Ying'e, reached out and stroked a strand of hair from her forehead behind her ear, "The narcissus in the palace is defeated, why don't I plant some lotus flowers for you." ”

Ying'e's eyes lit up when she heard this, because she remembered the first Yuefu poem that Yuan Ziyou once taught her, "Qingyang Crossing" said, "The green lotus covers the green water, and the hibiscus is covered with red and fresh. There is a root lotus root under it, and a lotus root on the top." Yuan Ziyou said that he wanted to plant a lotus flower for her, so he wanted to be a lotus with her, Ying'e felt that her face was starting to become a little hot, and she waited for so long and finally waited for his hint. She wanted to say it again, Yuan Ziyou used the excuse that the government affairs were complicated, and she needed to go back to the Taiji Hall to deal with it, so it was not good to stay. After she happily sent Yuan Ziyou away, she returned to the hall and looked at herself in the mirror, her delicate face was like a flower, and she was slightly flushed, like a peach blossom. Seeing her intoxicated appearance, Qihua couldn't help laughing, and Ying'e pretended to beat her in disgust.

Qiwan hurriedly smiled and begged for mercy, "My good mother, spare the slave maid, but the slave really wants to know the scene when the maid first met the emperor." ”

Ying'e smiled lightly, and took out a green cloth handkerchief from her belt, she has been collecting it for so many years, and she only brought this only item with her when she left the palace. She spread the handkerchief flat, and under the cyan handkerchief was the word "da" embroidered with white and blue silk threads, and the first sight of that year came to her eyes again.