After sending Concubine Zheng away, Yuan Ziyou took Ying'e's hand and asked softly, "Why are you so careless, does it still hurt?" ”

Ying'e wanted to withdraw her hand, but was held by Yuan Ziyou, and touched the wound while struggling, she frowned and whispered, "Your Majesty, you hurt your concubine." Yuan Ziyou quickly relaxed her strength, and Ying'e took the opportunity to withdraw it, she saw that the ten fingers of her hands were still red, and a few fingers were blistered. She saw that Yuan Ziyou was also looking at her hands, but the concerned look in her eyes was different from before, she couldn't say it, but she was no longer moved. She put her hands behind her back, suddenly remembered something, and exclaimed, "Ru Weaving, such as Weaving." ”

Ru Weaving outside the hall heard Ying'e calling herself, and hurriedly opened the door curtain and entered, "Queen, what do you command?" ”

"What about Fuzhi, why haven't you seen anyone for half a day, did she say where she went?" Ying'e worried.

Ruzhi looked at Yuan Ziyou and didn't dare to answer, but shook his head and didn't know when Yuan Ziyou spoke, "The palace maids trained by your temperament are all bold, it was she who broke into the Taiji Hall and said that you hurt your hand, so someone passed the word to the concubine, and today's turmoil has nothing to do with her." Such a trivial, audacious minion, I let her go to the Prudential Punishment Division to receive punishment for herself, if you want someone to serve, I will send that Li Guangan back to continue to serve you. ”

Ying'e couldn't help but smile bitterly, "The concubine is not worthy of being served, whoever follows the concubine will not last long, so don't harm people anymore, the emperor, you will spare that Li Guangan, the concubine doesn't want to affect others." ”

Yuanzi knew that she was angry, waved her hand to let Ruori retreat, pressed her temperament, and whispered, "I know that you are still annoyed by me, but I want to ask you, that Qihua has already filled our child's life, is it possible that you still let me kill the concubine?" She deceived first and calculated last, but after all, it was she who supported the decaying Pengcheng Mansion after the death of her parents, giving us the warmth of fatherless and motherless children and mothers. Especially the eldest brother, who has had a deep relationship with her since she was a child, even for the sake of the eldest brother's face, I can't kill her. I hope you'll be generous, she's just barely catching her breath at this age, and she's grounded, so she can't hurt you. ”

Ying'e looked at the man in front of her who she had loved for so many years, what kind of state of mind was hidden behind his benevolent appearance, maybe for him, the biggest enemy now is his father, and the rest is irrelevant, take it gently, "Yes, because she is calculating the concubine, so no matter how much she hurts the concubine, the concubine deserves to have such a father, so the concubine should atone for her father." ”

"You are angry again, if it weren't for your father, this country would have returned to Yuanhao, and I am grateful to my father-in-law." Yuan Ziyou expressed his heart lightly, he knew that Ying'e was no longer easy to be gullible, but he had been informed earlier that Qingjiao had just given birth to a son, but Yuan Kuan did not send the child away. Li Yu heard that Er Zhurong had the idea of establishing Yuan Kuan as the emperor, and he had already taken the couple into the Taiyuan palace and isolated them. It was because he couldn't deliver the news and didn't know what Yuan Kuan thought, so Yuan Ziyou had to discuss countermeasures with his ministers overnight. Unexpectedly, Ying'e knew everything at this time, Yuan Ziyou didn't want to rely on a woman to keep his country, but now he had to return to her again under Yuan Yu's persuasion, playing a husband who loved her deeply, Yuan Ziyou was deeply indebted to Ying'e, if he was still the original attendant, maybe they could stay away from all this. But now he knows that he can't go back, he and Er Zhurong are already incompatible, and he now needs Ying'e to buy him time to prepare, so he can only continue to be sorry for this woman. When he saw the medicine on the table, he pulled Ying'e to his side and held her hands, "Does it hurt?" He asked.

Ying'e replied lightly, "It doesn't hurt, it's the concubine who should be punished, the emperor is busy with government affairs, so there is no need to delay time here with the concubine, and the concubine will send the emperor away." ”

"It's nonsense again, no amount of government affairs can compare to your position in my heart, you are the most important, you know?" Yuan Ziyou untied the gauze wrapped around her hand and saw that the wound was really deep, because it had just been scalded by boiling water, and the wound began to bleed again. He held it gently, and when he saw that Ying'e wanted to hide, he said softly, "Be good, obedient, it's all like this, and I'm going to give you medicine." ”

Although Ying'e's heart was soft, her mouth was still hard, "Don't, the concubine herself can." The emperor's heart for his concubines is now hot and cold, thinking that it is changing with the events of the previous dynasty. The concubines sometimes wonder what is affecting the emperor's heart, no matter what it is, it is no longer Ying'e's son back then. ”

"Ying'e back then was not as good as you are now, I like the way you know the general situation and understand the proportions now. Don't move, I'm afraid I'll hurt you. Yuan Ziyou carefully applied the medicine, and when he saw Ying'e biting her lip due to pain, he gently blew the wound for her, and kept asking, "Isn't this better, don't be so stupid in the future, in protecting yourself, I still hope that you are the E'er of Yaoguang Temple who is not afraid of heaven and earth." ”

"The emperor disliked his concubines for killing innocents indiscriminately, and the concubines lived as the emperor needed, but now the emperor wants the concubines to live again? Don't you think you treat your concubines as clay sculptures, and let the emperor handle them at will? Ying'e retorted dissatisfied, she knew that he had just been using his love, using words to restrain himself, calculating himself with his heart and eyes, she no longer wanted to deceive herself, fantasizing about how much he loved her and pitied her.

Yuan Ziyou didn't answer, he was enduring Ying'e's rudeness, he was holding the gauze around and wrapping it around, digesting Ying'e's words in his heart, and when Ying'e's hands were wrapped into two zongzi, Yuan Ziyou carefully held it and smiled at Ying'e, "Now see if you can still be injured, how is my bag?" ”

"Doesn't the emperor feel hypocritical? You are a king, everything you do is right, what you let your concubine do is right, why bother to be so hypocritical with your concubine, so that your concubine still has illusions? Ying'e felt speechless when she said it, she was a little weak-hearted, but she still stubbornly turned her face to the side and didn't look at Yuan Ziyou's expression.

Yuan Ziyou's displeasure flashed, and what was wrong with Ying'e's hypocrisy, he felt that he was a little ashamed, and he repeatedly calculated and hurt the people who loved him deeply. His heart was filled with guilt, his eyes moistened, and he opened his arms and hugged Ying'e tightly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, if you think of me like this, it's that I did something bad, I was wrong." ”

Ying'e was stunned by Yuan Ziyou's apology, she expected that there were thousands of possibilities that would be how to deal with herself after Yuan Ziyou got angry, and the best result was to immediately brush his sleeves away, he actually hugged himself and said sorry, Ying'e suddenly lost her mind. Her face was buried deep in Yuan Ziyou's chest, and his heartbeat was so clear, "Emperor, Emperor, what did you just say?" Ying'e didn't know what to say at this time, this stupid word came out, she regretted it again, he obviously said sorry, did she still want him to say it again?

"I'm sorry, E'er, I've been thinking a lot these days, and many disputes with you are because my heart is not quiet. If it weren't for the entrustment of Yongxiang from the Empress Dowager Hu, I would have been an ordinary prince of the clan, how good it would be for you to be a princess. But now I can't, I have to tremble to defend this country for our Yuan family, I can't do it casually, I have to keep weighing. I hope you can understand me, even for you, I have a lot of last resort, and there are so many ministers staring at me, I can't allow me to make mistakes. Yuan Ziyou closed his eyes tightly and said word by word, he knew that this sentence was his heartfelt words, but the ministers staring at him were all Er Zhurong's cronies.

Ying'e raised her face, gently pushed him away, sat up straight, looked at him and asked, "Then the emperor has no choice but to use the "Huang Ting Jing"?" Is there also a trade-off? Or are you afraid that this child will take your place? ”

"E'er, are you stupid, the child you gave birth to is the crown prince, and naturally you want to take over the throne from me. I have read "Huang Tingjing", and I really didn't dare to have children, because my life is in danger, why hurt my own children, imagine that our children must live carefully and cautiously from birth. But then I am not afraid, I want to have children with you, because even if I die, I will leave you at least a thought, and there will be someone to accompany you and protect you for me. There is one more thing I didn't want to tell you, but now that the matter of the concubine has been revealed, it doesn't hurt to tell you. After speaking, Yuan Ziyou got up and walked to the Buddha shrine, pointed to the Buddha statue and said, "You chant the scriptures here every day, but you didn't find any difference?" ”

Ying'e looked at the Buddha statue and asked suspiciously, "Thank you for telling the truth to the concubine, the concubine knows that you are taboo and the concubine does not resent you." It's just that the Buddha statue was given by the emperor, did the emperor say that there was a problem with the Buddha statue you gave to your concubine? ”

"Yes, I gave you the Buddha statues, but you don't know that I gave you two. The first Buddha statue was dropped and filled with musk, because the coral was already dyed with spices, so when the incense was burned, you could not easily notice it. Fortunately, Xiao Songzi found out, so I quickly replaced you with one, but unfortunately your body was still damaged, and the child couldn't be saved. You are ruthless, but you don't know that my heart is also broken. ”

Ying'e didn't know that there were so many stories in the middle, it turned out that Concubine Zheng had already thought of her own child, and Qihua had been plotting to kill herself by her side. All this is too terrible, Ying'e suddenly realized that she was the only one in the harem who was an idiot, and she was manipulated to such an extent. "The concubine didn't know that the emperor was so deaf and clear-sighted, but the concubine alone was a fool, that is, the emperor knew it in his heart, so why bother to tell the concubine Yu today. Wouldn't it be better to let the concubine continue to be this fool, why should the concubine know this, the concubine was so calculated, the real reason is only because of the concubine's father? Or is the concubine also a pawn in the emperor's heart, waiting to help the emperor eat someone else's son? ”

Yuan Ziyou saw that Ying'e couldn't stand the appearance of being about to collapse, and his heart began to be unbearable, he was hesitating whether to continue to deceive her, yes, everything she said was what he had done and was doing, she was a bait in his hand, and after luring the enemy deeper, it could become a lore in one step, but in the end she was also the chess piece that was to be sacrificed. Yuan Ziyou felt despicable, the woman in front of him who was tearful and painful sacrificed too much for his throne, but he still wanted to get more from her, he wanted to take her father's life, and he had to use her as bait. Yuan Ziyou secretly asked himself in his heart, how sincere he is to her, and how will he face her after the fact? Thinking of this, he wanted to withdraw and leave and stop hurting her, but Wan Qian Chounu, who Yuan Hui had just reported, captured the Eastern Qin City, killed the assassin Shi Gao Zilang, and Xiao Baochun led his troops to surrender, and now most of the area between Jingshui and Weishui is controlled by Wan Qian Chounu's national army. When the situation is critical, Yuan Ziyou has no generals available, so he can only rely on Er Zhurong to clean up the mess, at this time, the consequences of the emperor's discord will be unimaginable, which angers Er Zhurong, Yuan Ziyou does not want to repeat the Heyin tragedy, so Dawei is really going to die.

The twilight outside the window was getting thicker, and Yuan Ziyou didn't know what to say at this time to make Ying'e change his mind, he raised his eyes and saw the Jiugao flute offered at the head of the bed, and he had an idea. He took the flute, put it to his lips, closed his eyes slightly, and played a melodious song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" where his fingers flew. Ying'e didn't expect Yuan Ziyou to have such a state of mind at this time, she didn't understand what he wanted to do, but the melody that should have been passionate was so bleak and tactful because the tone was lowered. A line of tears slid down Yuan Ziyou's good-looking outline, Ying'e couldn't guess how much helplessness and loneliness he felt in his heart, the eyes that he was always unwilling to open, and his thick eyelashes were moistened with tears.

When the flute stopped, Yuan Ziyou held the bone flute tightly, covered his face with his sleeve, and turned his back to Ying'e. "Don't touch things these days, settle it early, I still have some government affairs to deal with. Fu Zhi I will arrange for Xiao Songzi to send her back later, this girl is too bold, but she is very loyal, and I am also relieved. After speaking, without waiting for Ying'e to react, he pushed the door and went out, he did not go to Luanyu, dismissed all his entourage, and walked away alone.

Ying'e was confused, she wanted to rush up and ask clearly, but her legs couldn't move away, so many things happened today, it was time to give each other a time to digest it, she couldn't tell his true feelings and false intentions, maybe this is the most terrible distrust between husband and wife. She silently closed the door, leaning against the temple door and sobbing, she suddenly remembered a poem she had written for Yuan Ziyou, "The peak of the sword is smiling, and the body is as free as a rainbow." A glass of turbid wine penetrates the wolf smoke, why use a horn bow to kill the enemy! That was a praise and expectation for him, but he never had the opportunity to let him know that when he wrote down this time, what surged in his heart was no longer the heroism of thinking that he was holding a sword and laughing proudly, and the sword would only point to his father. Looking at the crooked font because of the hand injury, Ying'e closed her eyes in despair and burned the paper in the brazier.