In the early winter, the north wind gradually struck, and the cold plum in the corner of the Pujia Palace was covered with a thin frost and tried to reveal its tender buds, as if to tell people that it would bloom soon. Since entering the palace, it has been unremarkable, but one day Empress Dowager Hu issued an edict to take Ying'e to Luyuan to see Er Zhurong and there was a slight situation.

That day, Ying'e, who learned the good news, stayed up all night and sewed a wolf skin scarf for her father overnight, fantasizing about her father's joy when he saw her. When she arrived at Luyuan, she heard Yuan Yi say that her father and the Queen Mother were boating on the lake, discussing important matters in the army, and invited her to take the official boat to pick up the Queen Mother back to shore. Ying'e, who was standing at the bow of the boat anxiously looking at her father's figure, saw her father hugging the queen mother and kissing her from a distance, after all, it was how the little girl had seen such an intimate act, not to mention that her father kissed the queen mother of the dynasty and the woman who was called me in the court. Empress Dowager Hu is so high and inviolable, but now she is being desecrated by her father like this, she looked at Yuan Yi's expression with some horror. The handsome face was calm, but there was a layer of frost in his eyes, and his slightly open nostrils showed that his heart was not as calm as his face. It's just that her father was so rude to the Queen Mother, but she didn't understand. She watched the two boats get closer and closer, and she began to wave her hands to call for her father, hoping to attract his attention, but she found that his father did not seem to mind the crossbow that the soldiers on the big ship had raised, as if he was anxiously trying to fight for something with the Queen Mother.

King Qinghe slowly pressed the bow and arrow closest to him, his eyebrows tightened slightly, "Wang Zhao, order all the soldiers to put down their bows and arrows, all turn back, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." ”

His tone was peaceful, but it made Ying'e feel a little chill in her back, she only understood the look in a man's eyes when he really loved a woman, it was a kind of trust, but there was a desire to protect, and there was also some jealousy in love. Ying'e looked at Yuan Yi with a daze, he was handsome and a man who could make countless women feel intoxicated, but he promised a woman in his life, that is, the same beautiful current Queen Mother Hu Xianzhen. Ying'e suddenly felt that everything in her father was so inappropriate at the moment, and the queen mother was only worthy of King Qinghe, so she shouted loudly, "Daddy, daddy, your Ying'e is here." ”

Er Zhurong heard his daughter's call, so he reluctantly let go of the waist of the Queen Mother who was hugging her, and looked at the Queen Mother with pleading and pain in her eyes, "You should understand my heart, since you were an ordinary woman living in fear every day, I wanted to protect you, really can't you see it?" ”

The Queen Mother gently wiped the blood from the bite he had just kissed him with her hand, and whispered softly, "Now the mourning family just wants to protect my son, and the mourning family needs your commitment to protect me from Dawei and be loyal to the emperor." You should also understand the heart of mourning. Concubine Ying is here, you hurry up and get on the boat, and the father and daughter will have a family together. After speaking, he gently pushed him away, looked at Yuan Yi on the big boat with tenderness in his eyes, and smiled lightly. Is King Qinghe watching from the wall? ”

Yuan Yi smiled lovingly at Empress Dowager Hu, flew and jumped lightly onto the boat, and said to Er Zhurong, "General, please concubine Ying is waiting for you." This. After speaking, without waiting for Er Zhurong to answer, he snatched the rod from his hand.

Er Zhurong flew into the boat helplessly, and watched with a sad face as King Qinghe leisurely swung the pole and rowed towards the depths of the lake with his beloved woman. Ying'e looked at the kind of eyes that her father had never given her mother, and she said dissatisfiedly, "The forest is noisy and the frost trees are hidden, and the water is different from each other." Break the smoke and lock the thread, and pass the old song to the knot. Father, maybe this poem is the most suitable for the father's state of mind. ”

Er Zhurong touched Ying'e's shoulder and said with a wry smile, "I didn't expect my E'er's literary talent to get better and better, Daddy knows what you want to say, the two of them are the perfect match, right?" But she is the first person her father fell in love with, and it is also the most difficult to get, even if she is killed, as long as she can hug her and smell her fragrance, it is enough, after all, there are still a few people here who dare to be as presumptuous as their father. ”

Ying'e suddenly felt her father's pity, but her mother's efforts in the past ten years are not even more pitiful, just like the current Yuan Xu only prefers Pan Waipi, and the wedding has only been in Hu Fanyi's room for one night, maybe her mother's mood is the same as Hu Fanyi's. She inexplicably thought of the boy in the Imperial Garden, and couldn't help but feel hot in her heart. She concealed the fluctuations in her heart, blocked Er Zhurong's gaze chasing Empress Dowager Hu, and pretended to be angry and said, "The Empress Dowager told her daughter that her father came to see me on purpose, but now it seems that it is not, so my daughter will go back to the palace today." ”

Er Zhurong saw that Ying'e was angry, and coaxed, "They are all the emperor's concubines, how can you still be so childish, how can your father rest assured of you, isn't this temper going to suffer." ”

Ying'e smiled, "What about the emperor's concubine, her daughter will always be her father's heart and soul, with her father's presence and Teacher Murong's teachings, how can her daughter suffer?" ”

"So Daddy is relieved, let Daddy take a good look at E'er, well, it seems that life in this palace is good, and my E'er has gained weight." Er Zhurong looked Ying'e up and down lovingly, "Go back and tell your mother that she doesn't have to worry, and she won't complain about me sending you into the palace all day long." ”

The father and daughter talked affectionately, but Ying'e could spot Er Zhurong's occasional wandering eyes, and inadvertently looked in the direction of the center of the lake.

The relationship with his father was short-lived, and in less than three days, there was a secret fold in Beijing from Wuchang Wang Yuanhe and Yang Yu's uncle Yang Shu's wife, Yuan's secret fold, saying that when Liu Xuanming, a native of Yingzhou, was plotting to rebel and fleeing, Yang Yu, a scholar from Zhongshu, hid Liu Xuanming. At the same time, Yuan Yi reported that Yang Yu's father, Yang Chun, the assassin of Dingzhou, and Yang Jin, the assassin of Huazhou, once sent 300 weapons to Liu Xuanming together. At the same time, Yuan Yi sent 500 imperial guards to surround Yang Yu's residence, conduct a search, and put Yang Yu directly in prison. Empress Dowager Hu knew that Yang Yu had played Yangzhou Thorn Shi Li Chong with five carts to load property, and Xiangzhou Thorn Shi Yang Jun made silver tableware as a gift to Yuan Yi, so Empress Dowager Hu warned Yuan Yu, so that Yuan Yi hated Yang Yu, this time it was just a pretext. Empress Dowager Hu was anxious to return to the palace to deal with the case, and received Yuan Xu to see off Er Zhurong to show her favor.

Ying'e saw that she was about to leave when she saw her father, so she couldn't help but pull her father's shirt and cry, her father's comfort was no stronger than the desire to escape, she begged in a low voice. At this time, a person handed over a scarf, Ying'e eased her emotions, did not raise her eyes, and inadvertently touched the person's hand when she reached out to take the scarf, thin and warm, and her heart throbbed when her fingertips slid over. Ying'e couldn't help but look through her misty eyes, but what was in front of her was Yuan Ziyou, she didn't dare to say more, Yuan Ziyou didn't say a word, got up and returned to her original position. Yuan Ziyou looked at Ying'e with pear blossoms and rain in front of him in a daze, suddenly thought about something, and secretly looked at Yuan Xu's face, at this time Yuan Xu had no intention of crying his concubine, there was no trace of pity for him, he could only see Pan Wai's pity in his eyes. Yuan Ziyou just wanted to relax because Yuan Xu didn't care, but when he turned his face, he greeted the meaningful smile of the Empress Dowager Shanghu, his heart tightened, he felt that his palms were sweaty, he straightened his back, and didn't dare to raise his head again.

After parting, Empress Dowager Hu led everyone back to the palace overnight and authorized Yuan Yi to investigate and deal with it thoroughly. The investigation lasted for several days, but nothing was found. Empress Dowager Hu personally summoned Yang Yu to inquire about the case, and Yang Yu was saddened and complained about being wronged, and reported the resentment of the Yuan family. Empress Dowager Hu loosened the tie for Yang Yu, although Yuan He and Yuan were sentenced to death at that time. But afterwards, Yuan Yi asked Hu Run'er to intercede, and made up doubts about the case with Yuan Xu, how could the young son of heaven tell who was right and who was wrong, and couldn't help Pan Wai's pear blossom with rain and begged, and also pleaded with Empress Dowager Hu. As a result, Yuan He was removed from his official position to atone for the crime, and the Yuan family finally did not punish the crime, and the case was hastily closed, which caused Yang Yu to feel cold, and the minister was even more dependent on Yuan Yi.

In July of 520 A.D., everyone in the Northern Wei Dynasty could not forget, and two major events occurred on that day, which became the turning point of the Northern Wei Dynasty from prosperity to decline. Yuan Yi Liu Teng falsely accused Yuan Yi of failing to succeed, and actually set up soldiers in Yongxiang to kill him, and Empress Dowager Hu was placed under house arrest in the west hall of Xuanguang Palace, and no one was allowed to visit.

The imperial court controlled the external Yuan Yi, and the internal Liu Teng controlled the harem, and Yuan Xu was deceived into only identifying the adultery of the queen mother, and the king of Qinghe wanted to kill him to stand on his own. For a time, Luoyang City was full of gloom, bloody wind and rain, as long as the people who disagreed with Liu Tengyuan were all imprisoned, and the screams in the prison were endless, and none of them came out alive. Every day, there are family members who wear linen and filial piety waiting at the edge of the prison, not even daring to wail, silently putting the mutilated corpse into the coffin, because this is grace, or spend money to honor Liu Tengyuan, otherwise the corpse will be thrown to feed the jackal.

And Yuan Yi's younger brother, Yuan Yue, the king of Runan, not only had no grudge against Yuan Yi, but also helped Yuan Yi's son Yuan Yi to ask Yuan Yi's son Yuan Yi for his clothes and antiques. Because he didn't send it on time, and what he sent was not what he wanted, he immediately asked the servant to beat Yuan Yan with a hundred rods, almost beating Yuan Yan to death, so Yuan Yi was promoted to a servant and a lieutenant. Angry that Concubine Qinghe became angry and became a monk, avoiding purity, spending time for the deceased son and daughter-in-law every day, praying for the blessings of her grandchildren, only Yuan Yi's side concubine Zhang Qin lived in a house outside the city with her children, struggling to support herself.

Although the atmosphere in the palace is still prosperous on the outside, the blood stains on the stone path and walls of Yongxiang are still clear and dazzling, and they cannot be washed clean. It's been a long time since I didn't need to go to Xianyang Hall every day to ask for peace, Hu Fanyi has begged Yuan Xu since Empress Dowager Hu was imprisoned, but he didn't even see Yuan Xu's face, so he was invited back to the dormitory by Liu Teng. Since then, all the original palace female eunuchs of the Xianyang Palace have been replaced, leaving only Hu Fanyi's close attendant palace maid Huanxiu, and the queen who does not dare to fight has no other way than to cry every day, except for Hu Mingxiang's occasional visit in the Xianyang Palace, no concubine dares to come, for fear of arousing Liu Teng's suspicion and harming the mother's family.

It seems that everything came so quickly and recovered so quickly. Huiyin Hall flattered the gift-givers for a while, and Yuan Xu stayed overnight every day, and was extremely favored. Ying'e disdains to be with her, anyway, she lives in a remote area, and she doesn't like to go out, and gradually seems to be forgotten, but she is happy to be quiet and relaxed. In the huge palace, it seems that only she still remembers that today is the first seven of King Qinghe, she is plain and does not apply powder, and walks with Sai Yi to the place where Yongxiang Yuan Yi was killed. She looked at the mottled bloodstains on the wall on the ground, although it was dark red but still so dazzling, she slowly walked to the bloodstains, took out a white silk scarf and wiped it gently, little by little, one by one, in fact, she couldn't tell which piece was Yuan Yi's and which piece was the guard he killed. is just nostalgic for the first beautiful man in the Great Wei Dynasty, the last virtuous king, even if the remnants are only a piece of blood that is difficult to distinguish in the end, she is willing to believe that it is Yuan Yi's, and with admiration, she guards the last dignity for him. Because of his noble blood, how can he let a vulgar subordinate be cleaned with dirty tools. She silently prayed for Yuan Yi in her heart, "Lord Wang, that beloved woman is suffering, if you have a spirit in the sky and a soul to feel, please protect her like that when you were there." ”

Seeing her like this, Sai Wan silently stood two steps to the side, and said, "Miss, it's not clean here, let's go quickly." ”

Ying'e didn't stop, continued to wipe, and said lightly, "Not clean?" This is probably the cleanest place in the palace. ”

"If the mother is seen like this, she will get into trouble." Yuan Ziyou also walked out of the corner door of Yongxiang in plain clothes, and it seemed that it would be some time to hide behind the door.

Ying'e bowed slightly, which was considered a salute, Yuan Ziyou crossed his hands and wanted to make a big salute, but was stopped by Ying'e, "You salute me, don't you want everyone to pay attention to me?" ”

Yuan Ziyou's starry eyes flickered, and he said in a deep voice, "Is Niangniang familiar with the prince?" ”

Ying'e shook her head, "He is what all the women of Dawei want to be familiar with, but he is also the most intimate, Ying'e is just a few sides with him, admiring the prince's honesty and integrity, and his literary brilliance." That's less than meeting my husband, and it seems that you can meet him anywhere. ”

Yuan Ziyou clenched his fists lightly, his eyes turned away, he didn't dare to look at Ying'e's gaze, he cleared his throat and said, "Maybe it's because I like to hang out too much, but I unexpectedly disturbed Niangniang, so I retired first." ”

Ying'e didn't know why her body was so honest in blocking his way, "Mr. doesn't have anything to tell me?" ”

A trace of warmth flashed in Yuan Ziyou's eyes, but he immediately froze, "Niangniang, I don't have anything to tell Niangniang, it's just that Niangniang burned this handkerchief after the memorial to the prince, no one knows whose blood you wipe, farewell." ”

Ying'e felt a kind of sourness in her heart, she didn't understand why she cared so much about his departure, was it just a coincidence that the chance encounters again and again were played, and who played the flute that sometimes floated at night? So coincidentally, every time she was most frustrated, she wished it was him, "Does Mr. know how to flute?" ”

Yuan Ziyou stiffly held back a few words, "I won't be in the next place." ”

Ying'e looked at his resolute face, said no more, moved away from the footsteps in front of him, and looked at his back cold and handsome. She didn't know when she could show her true intentions in front of Yuan Ziyou so easily, so she forgot the idea of leaving the palace these days, tears flowed down uncontrollably, and she took out a brocade handkerchief from the placket, and saw that it was a gift from Yuan Ziyou that day, so angry that she threw it on the ground, turned around and took two steps, turned around and squatted down to pick it up, patted off the dust on it, and carefully stuffed it back into her sleeve.