Hua Mian obediently let Pei Yingshi hold him, and let him go all the way through the courtyard and carry himself to the lake pavilion in the back garden.

He gently laid her down on the porch and squatted down to knead her legs until the numbness subsided and the stiffness subsided, and he got up and sat down next to her.

He took her into his arms, her unrelenting resistance made his heart breed joy, he took a deep breath, and then slowly opened his lips and said: "He treats me well, but who knows how much sincerity and hypocrisy are stored in it?" Since you want to hear a story, shall I tell you a story? ”

Hua Mian nodded.

Pei Yingshi's eyes gradually filled with sadness, and he whispered: "I was only eight years old at the time, and I had just moved to the prince's residence, and I secretly ran back that night because I missed my mother and couldn't sleep. As a result, outside the palace walls, I saw a black-clad masked man climbing out of the wall of the concubine's bedroom. Fearing that it was a thief, I quickly knocked on the door of the temple and went straight into the bedroom of the concubine. To my shock, the mother was naked. Naked and lying with her childhood sweetheart's cousin, my cousin, Mei Yuhong, the commander of the palace guard. Just as I was panicking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door. I hurriedly shook my mother awake and asked her to get dressed quickly. She was not fully awake at the time, and only stared at the man who fell from the sky next to her. Then the door was slammed open. At that moment, I saw the wrath of my father, the gloating of the concubines, and the sadness in the eyes of my mother. Even though I'm only eight years old, I understand why. At that time, I vowed to make the pain of those who left their mother in a doomed world to suffer. ”

Hua Mian sighed in his heart, it was really similar to what he had guessed at the beginning, everything was a conspiracy, and the sinister nature of the harem was really outrageous.

"Later, under a fateful meeting, the second brother took me to meet Zhang Chenyi, the former deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, who participated in this matter, and he admitted that it was the current Queen Mother who instructed him to do it, and the advantage was to let him take over the post of commander of the Praetorian Guard."

Later, in Pei Ying's eloquent narration, the confrontation between him and Zhang Chenyi was as clear as his own experience.

Pei Yingshi calmly listened to Zhang Chenyi's narration, and only asked: "Who else knows about this?" ”

Zhang Chenyi said: "In addition to the Queen Mother, Weichen is the only person who knows about this matter, and now I have only told King Xin and you, and no one else knows." ”

Pei Yingshi sneered in his heart, saying so, he was the only accomplice. Very good!

Zhang Chenyi looked at the man in front of him timidly, only to feel that his smile was a little bloodthirsty. Before he had time to think about it, he saw a sword light flash, and before he could make a move, the sword had been returned to its sheath, and there was a thin blood mark on the side of his neck. He looked at Pei Yingshi with wide eyes in disbelief, but it was too late to regret when he really saw his ruthlessness.

Pei Qijun clapped his hands and said: "Good swordsmanship, good means." ”

Pei Yingshi said calmly: "Don't you have anything to ask me?" ”

Pei Qijun chuckled and said, "The seventh brother is really smart. But I don't need to ask more, with your hatred for Zhang Chenyi, you must hate the Queen Mother even more. How can I be helped? When I ascend the throne, the Queen Mother and Pei Gongcuo will let you fall, and you can choose important positions in the court and the central government, and you can expand your fiefdom if you want to. ”

Pei Ying looked at him steadily, and suddenly opened his lips when he was about to lose patience: "Help you, but you just need to remember that I am not for anything else, but for the grace of your mother Li Guiren to save me from the suffering of the cold palace." "The meaning is very clear, I help you because of your kindness, not for profit.

Pei Qijun was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

What Hua Mian didn't understand was that Zhang Chenyi helped her do something bad in order to get benefits from the Queen Mother, why did he expose her later?

Hearing Hua Mian's doubts, Pei Yingshi snorted coldly and said: "Heaven is forgivable, but you can't live for your own evil." Since Zhang Chenyi took over the post of commander of the Praetorian Guard, he has been deliberately hooking up with the Queen Mother. After my imperial brother ascended the throne, he found out that Zhang Chenyi was having an affair with the Queen Mother, so he took off his title of commander of the Janissaries and sent him to a remote town as a general, on the grounds that there was a negligence in the management of assassins in the palace. He was depressed and indignant, thinking that if he took refuge in my second brother, he would be able to regain his glory in the future, but he never expected to die under my sword. I secretly disposed of the body after I beheaded him, and the world only knew that Zhang Chenyi disappeared inexplicably, but I didn't know the reason. ”

Hua Mian couldn't help sighing, people's hearts were not enough to swallow elephants, and the word "greed" recklessly cost Qingqing's life. At the same time, she also had to admire Pei Qijun's scheming, he really did everything to win over Pei Yingshi.

Pei Yingshi continued: "When it comes to unscrupulous means, the imperial brother is very similar to his mother. He was only sixteen years old, but he already knew how to use all his resources, including women, to eradicate dissent for himself and thus pave the way for his own imperial power. He first seduced his father's favorite concubine Wen Yizhen, and when she couldn't extricate herself from him, he instigated her to seduce the prince, and led his father to catch the adulterer in bed, which made his father angry and abolished the prince and became ill, and died not long after, and he inherited the throne as he wished. ”

Seeing that Hua Mian was not surprised, Pei Yingshi sneered: "With your cleverness and means, these may not be secrets, but there is one thing you must not have thought of." ”

Hua Mian raised an eyebrow and motioned for him to continue. She was a little curious, what else would even Langye Pavilion not know.

Pei Yingshi looked at Hua Mian and said with a somewhat pitiful expression: "Do you know how Wen Yizhen is now?" ”

Hua Mian breathed a sigh of relief, she only thought that she was the same as the other concubines of the previous emperor, or went out of the palace with her children, or often accompanied the green lantern ancient Buddha in the nunnery, or lived in a remote corner of the palace, and never thought about where she went. Could it be that Pei Gongcuo killed her after using her? She didn't believe that he would be so ruthless, and only stared at Pei Yingshi tightly, hoping to hear the most reasonable answer from him.

Seeing her nervous expression, he sighed: "It's not as bad as you think, she has now changed her name and surname to Ya Zhaoyi." ”

This sentence shocked Hua Mian far more than Pei Gongcuo killing Wen Yizhen, she looked at Pei Yingshi in a daze, trying to find traces of banter on his face, but his seriousness made her have to believe that what he said was the truth.

In order to support this conclusion, Pei Yingshi said: "In order to justifiably include Wen Yizhen in the harem, the imperial brother sent all the concubines of his father and the emperor out of the palace and arranged a good place, and at the same time dismissed the palace people who knew her. ”

Hua Mian couldn't tell what kind of mood she was in at the moment, she should have been glad that Pei Gongcuo was not as ruthless as she initially guessed, and this arrangement should also be the best ending for Wen Ruya, who loved him wholeheartedly, at least he didn't let her down, but for some reason, there was always a sense of astringency in her heart that made it difficult for her to even breathe.

The consequence of her forcing herself to think rationally was that she found that amorous men were not quite suitable for her. Fortunately, fortunately, she has kept her heart for the sake of her wild brother.

However, when he thought of Ji Yunye, the feeling of suffocation hit his heart again. If she had known that this would be the end, she would have forced him to elope with her. And now, it seems that he has lost even the strength to turn the tide.

Hua Mian smiled sadly and returned to the topic: "Then why is your mother still in the palace?" Isn't the emperor afraid that things will be revealed? ”

"My mother didn't want to leave the Bamboo Heart Garden, which brought her too many good memories, and the imperial brother was not reluctant, so he told her not to divulge the matter, not to mention that he also knew that my mother was not an eventful person."

"He seems to be okay with your mother and son."

"If there is a mother, there must be a son, his mother framed my mother, and he used the despicable trick of beauty tricks to frame the prince, and even the means of playing are the same to catch the rape in bed, but the prince really slept with his father's concubine, and the mother concubine suffered an injustice. How sincere do you think he is for us? ”

Hua Mian couldn't help but think about it seriously. Pei Gongcuo is indeed a little unscrupulous sometimes, but he never seems to have crooked thoughts about Pei Yingshi, and it is not him who framed his mother, and what's more, he may not know that the Queen Mother has done such a vicious thing. The most important point is that Hua Mian feels that there is still an essential difference between what he and the Queen Mother did, the Queen Mother was clearly framed, and he just used the prince's lustful characteristics for his own use.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but be shocked, she subconsciously wanted to defend him, since when did she become his fan?

Seeing that Hua Mian didn't answer, Pei Yingshi couldn't help laughing at herself.

At this moment, Hua Mian suddenly had a feeling that with Pei Yingshi's forbearance for many years, I am afraid that the so-called help to Pei Qijun is just a hindrance to him, and his ultimate goal is likely to be the emperor himself.

He pretended to have broken sleeves for many years, making everyone think that he was not qualified to be an emperor, thinking that he would be able to accumulate thick and thin hair one day and win on the spot.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but think of the image of Qianyu in her mind, a woman's beauty often comes from her self-confidence, and the self-confidence that makes her beautiful forever is that she always believes that her son will eventually win the country and win back everything that belongs to her?

If this is the case, the reason why she stayed in the palace should not be as simple as missing the former emperor, she is afraid that she wants to take herself hostage in exchange for Pei Gongcuo's defenselessness against Pei Yingshi.

This night, Pei Yingshi did not leave immediately after sending Hua Mian back to the room, but watched her quietly freshen up while sipping tea on the side.

Due to fatigue, Hua Mian did not even change his dirty clothes after a simple grooming, only took off his outer robe and put on his middle coat and got into the quilt. Pei Yingshi buttoned the cup after drinking the last cup of tea, as if she was on her own bed, lifted the quilt and lay on her side.

If it was usual, Hua Mian would definitely drive him away, but this time it was different, although it was late spring, but for some reason, she only felt that her body was like a soaked ice cellar, and she shivered with cold even if she hugged her. When she leaned against a warm wall of flesh behind her, she didn't hesitate to lean back and curl into his arms.

Her move made Pei Yingshi's body stiffen, and flattered, he stretched out his long arms to hug her tightly.

The warmth came through her body, and the warm breath sprayed on her ears, itchy, hot, and this feeling made her heart even more astringent.

Feeling her body tremble slightly, he reached out and touched her cheek. When his palms were full of wetness, his mind moved, almost subconsciously he wanted to turn her over, and then kissed away her tears without hesitation, but reason told him that now was not the time, at this moment, all she needed was a comforting embrace.

So he hugged her like this, until she calmed down and fell asleep peacefully, and then he said in a low voice: "I will not let you cry again." ”