At midnight, in the study of the East Palace of the Liansheng Palace, that is, the Prince's Palace, a young man in brocade clothes, clear eyebrows, and a melancholy expression was facing a painting on the wall.

On this painting, a pavilion is depicted, in which there is a young woman in fluttering clothes playing the piano, which was originally a very beautiful painting, but the fly in the ointment is that the woman in the painting looks blank, except for the outline of the face, there is nothing else.

However, even such an incomplete painting makes people reverie, because the woman in the painting, the form, and gestures are just right, and at first glance it is a lady from a famous family, restrained and atmospheric, and there is an irresistible feminine beauty.

And this man, at midnight in the last few days, often sighs alone in front of this painting for a long, long time, and sometimes even shows an extremely irritable appearance, but sometimes he falls into a kind of smirk, as if he remembers the happiest time in the past.

He is the current crown prince.

As for the woman in the painting, it is smoke and rain.

The reason why Jun Buyu failed to paint Yanyu's face is because Jun Buyu was frozen fifteen years ago, and the Yanyu he saw most of the time was just a baby, and he really saw Yanyu grow up only once, or in Yanyu's dream.

In addition, it has been frozen for another fifteen years, and many of the precious memories of the past have become blurred, so although he tried to recall for a long time, he still can't paint the face of the world.

In this regard, it also made him very bored, and he closed his door at night, and he had no intention of seeing anyone, even his father and mother.

Except for the day when the ice was just lifted, after having dinner with his father and queen mother, he attended the morning court every morning to assist his father and emperor in handling state affairs, and in the afternoon, he would stay in the palace because he was unwell, and let the personal palace maid guard the door and not let anyone disturb him.

So in the afternoon of the day, when Yanyu, who had just taken up the post of Fengyi's female official, went over to ask for peace, she was also sent away by his personal palace maid, so she missed the opportunity to meet Yanyu.

Of course, even if the two of them meet, you can't recognize Yanyu if you don't meet them.

As soon as Yanyu has grown up, they all say that the eighteenth change of the female college is no longer the little baby girl in his impression, and he can't remember what Yanyu looked like when he was an adult in his dream, so even if he sees Yanyu in person, he can't recognize it.

Second, Yanyu entered the palace under the identity of Meng Yan under the name of Meng Yan, and did not reveal her identity as the Lotus Born Heavenly Maiden, so Jun Buyu was even more unexpected, the Yanyu he thought about day and night had actually entered the palace.

He originally wanted to paint a portrait of Yanyu, and it was convenient to secretly send people all over the country to look for Yanyu, but unfortunately he couldn't remember what Yanyu looked like, so he couldn't complete the painting.

And in the past few days, there has been no news of the secret agents he sent out, and obviously there is no news of any smoke and rain.

As long as you don't see the smoke and rain for a day, Jun Buyu will be worried, afraid that she will encounter accidents, because the current Liansheng Kingdom has just been unified, and the management of the Jun royal family has been restored, and the whole country is still in chaos.

Yanyu, a weak woman walking alone in such a society, is more than lucky.

Although the current Lotus Kingdom has been completely recovered by his father Emperor without regrets, he also wiped out the Black-tailed Leafhopper Country in a big way, and after renovating the ruins and desert, it has also become a beautiful and rich land of the Lotus Kingdom.

But after all, the land area is too large and cannot be completely controlled by the Jun royal family, and it is inevitable that in some corners, there are still remnants of the Li royal family living in a different guise, including Nangong Xuan, the queen mother of the Li royal family, that is, the sister of Nangong Lan, the concubine of the Jun royal family, plus the Five Poisons Sect, a cult organization all over the country, is still secretly supporting the Li royal family and is operating unscrupulously.

In addition to assassinating the officials of the Jun royal family, they are still actively preparing, intending to one day, come back again, overthrow the Jun royal family, and replace them.

And from the mouth of a defector official who was captured, I learned that Li Jiaxi, the crown prince of the Li royal family, is still alive, he is the only son of Nangong Xuan, and the Five Poisons Sect is trying to find him, once he is found, he will definitely fully support him to ascend the throne and become emperor, and at that time, the biggest crisis of the Jun royal family is coming.

There is even worse news that the whereabouts of the prince of the black-tailed leafhopper country are unknown, when the king exterminated the black-tailed leafhopper country without regrets, there are also some soldiers of the black-tailed leafhopper country who are not in the black-tailed leafhopper country, but quietly lurking in the lotus country, which also includes the prince of the black-tailed leafhopper country, these soldiers of the black-tailed leafhopper country, once they find their prince Linghu charm, they will naturally retaliate against the Jun royal family, and even do not rule out recruiting troops and horses to re-establish the black-tailed leafhopper country.

After all, his father is already old, and he is a little powerless, and sooner or later the country will be completely handed over to him to manage, if he can't solve these hidden dangers as soon as possible, then one day, once again these people from the royal family of the Jun clan will come to the city, then, the people of the whole country will die innocently and tragically and be displaced.

So at present, he can't let go of everything and look for smoke and rain, after all, state affairs are important, and his children's private affairs can only be let go first.

If there is no stable country, the palace is even more dangerous, and those enemies who secretly want to assassinate him will also target the people he cares about the most, so Jun Buyu knows in his heart that he must not expose the things he likes to smoke and rain.

Otherwise, it will bring death to Yanyu, even if he finds Yanyu in the future and takes her into the palace, it is impossible for him to guard Yanyu all day, and those foreign assassins will blend into the palace, waiting for the opportunity to kidnap or assassinate Yanyu.

Moreover, this royal harem has not been stable since ancient times, and those concubines are jealous and jealous, and they are often unscrupulous, especially some concubines secretly collude with hostile forces, and it is not without precedent to conspire to rebel, in the harem of every dynasty, there are always some women who will disappear inexplicably or be unjustly killed in the cold palace.

These unstable factors, no matter how strong the emperor is, it is difficult to completely eliminate them, that is to say, the smoke and rain entering the palace may not be absolutely safe.

Considering the above factors, Jun Buyu can only hide this feeling in his heart, and every time in the dead of night, he will be completely released, otherwise he will be held in his heart all day long, and sooner or later he will collapse.

He also understands that the top priority is to familiarize himself with the government as soon as possible, help his father manage the country well, control everything in the palace as much as possible in his own hands, and prevent those vicious people from taking advantage of it, and create a stable and harmonious environment for Yanyu to enter the palace in the future, which is the greatest care for Yanyu.

Especially next month, the palace will carry out the selection of the crown princess, and countless officials and wealthy businessmen's daughters will be sent to the palace to participate in the election, and there will definitely be a woman who grew up as a lotus born goddess.

Because his father, the emperor, told him that when he participated in the Lotus Birth Rain Birth Ceremony fifteen years ago, in addition to him, the Lotus Born Heavenly Son, seventeen Lotus Born Heavenly Maidens were born together.

Due to the destruction by the soldiers of the Black-tailed Leafhopper Country at that time, five Lotus Celestial Maidens died on the spot, and eleven Lotus Celestial Maidens survived, but after experiencing this fifteen years of ice, it is unknown how many Lotus Celestial Maidens can survive and be sent to the palace.

And Jun Wuregret also repeatedly warned Jun Buyu that the selection of the crown princess next month cannot be arbitrarily based on personal preferences, let alone favor a concubine, and you must learn to balance the daughters of officials and businessmen, and only when the rain and dew are evenly stained can the court situation be stabilized, otherwise if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan.

As for the queen mother selected after he ascended the throne in the end, he had to be more cautious, but there was one principle, that is, he must be the Lotus Born Heavenly Maiden, because he is the Lotus Born Heavenly Son, and he must conform to the will of Heaven, and he must not violate the heavenly fate of the Immortal Heaven.

Otherwise, it is against the sky and will be punished.

In this regard, Jun Buyu also fully accepted Jun Wuregret's suggestion, because he had already had the best and only candidate for the queen mother in his mind, that is, Yanyu.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, it's not too early, drink this cup of lotus seed soup, and let the Phantom Lotus serve you to rest, right?" Just when Jun Buyu was staring at the woman in the painting and fell into deep thought, a personal palace maid behind him respectfully asked.

"Oh, it's Phantom Lotus, it's just in time, Bengong is really a little hungry, by the way, let you claim that Bengong has been unwell recently, and the matter of canceling the afternoon greeting has been conveyed, right? Hongu doesn't like these red tape the most. In the future, similar to this can be exempted, you can help this palace grasp this degree, and you can handle it with full authority. This afternoon is about the same as the other day, right? Or those brothers and sisters of the main palace, as well as some court officials, right? Jun Buyu retracted his thoughts, turned around, took the lotus seed soup and drank it, and said casually.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, it's all conveyed. The people who came to ask for peace today are the same as yesterday, and they are still the people you mentioned, but there is only one who is Meng Yan, a new female official of Fengyi, who not only looks like a fairy descending to earth, but also the palace maid who is the first in the palace maid assessment and the imperial garden assessment this time. Since the lady in charge has to retreat and practice for a period of time, in the future, she will manage all the palace maids on behalf of the mother, as if the mother in charge has already accepted her as an apprentice. ”

Phantom Lotus thought for a moment and said in an envious tone.

"Oh? The woman who can make you praise Phantom Lotus, this palace is still the first time to hear it, and she is the first in both assessments? Was he still taken in as an apprentice by the mother in charge? It seems that she does have something extraordinary, so let's take special care of Meng Yan in the future, and if there is anything that the East Palace can help her, you will come forward to help her instead of me. Because the lady in charge has helped our Jun clan a lot, and she also has a great favor to the palace, since she is her apprentice, helping her can be regarded as repaying the favor. ”

Jun Buyu drank the lotus seed soup in one gulp, handed the bowl to Phantom Lotus, and said with interest.

"Yes, Phantom Lotus obeys. Then let Phantom Lotus wait for you to change your clothes and go to bed, right? Phantom Lotus took the empty bowl and asked again.

"Good! Listen to you. Hongu is also a little tired. Jun Buyu nodded, stood up, moved his neck, and said tiredly.

Just as Phantom Lotus helped Jun Buyu to leave the study and was about to go to the dormitory, Phantom Lotus suddenly saw a poisonous arrow silently shooting at Jun Buyu from the corner of her eye......