Her tone was light, as if she were a little careless.

Zhou Youchen listened, thought for a moment, and then nodded: "It's okay, Changsheng, as the crown prince, already has the power of life and death in his hands, but he has never used it!" ”

As he spoke, he walked behind Meng Xilan, picked up a strand of her long hair, and rubbed it carefully.

"The prince is older, should he experience what it's like to have power?"

Meng Xilan looked at him with a smile when she heard this: "Your Majesty, the concubine didn't mean that...... In the past, the concubines always wanted to protect him and keep him away from conspiracy and calculation, right and wrong. Now it seems that the concubine has protected him a little too much. It was not safe inside and outside the palace, and he had to know about this ugly world as soon as possible. ”

Someone tried to harm him, to take his life. They lurked around him, moving with the wind, voyeuring and coveting.

Zhou Youchen's eyes flashed slightly, and the depth in his eyes gradually dissipated, replaced by a warm soft light. "It's not you who are careless this time, it's me who is careless, it's all of us who are careless."

He stretched out his hand to her, and Meng Xilan put down the peach comb and shook his fingers.

His hands were warm and warm. But her fingertips were warm, like dew-stained shallots.

Zhou Youchen put her hands in the palms of her hands and warmed them carefully.

Seeing this, Meng Xilan couldn't help but move in her heart. It's been a long time since they've been this close.

It is best to spend such a full moon night, accompanied by a thread. It's just that Meng Xilan really didn't have this kind of mood, she gently pushed back, his hot entanglement, don't look over and say: "Your Majesty, the concubine is a little uncomfortable, I'm afraid I can't." ”

Zhou Youchen silently let go of her when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Your wind chill is not good?" ”

Meng Xilan shook her head: "It's not the wind and cold, it's just a small problem." The emperor doesn't have to worry about ......"

Zhou Youchen didn't know that she was shirking, and hurriedly instructed Gao Fuli outside: "Let Imperial Doctor Jiao come here." ”

Meng Xilan sat up straight from his arms: "It's not in the way, it's all this hour, there is no need to announce people to come." ”

Zhou Youchen looked at her face, his eyes were full of seriousness: "Your affairs are all important matters." ”

Meng Xilan smiled slightly, leaned back on his shoulder, and softened her body.

However, after a cup of tea, Jiao Changqing hurried over.

He raised his eyes and looked at the emperor, and Meng Xilan in his arms, straightened his clothes, and stepped forward to salute.

Jiao Changqing has long had the habit of keeping vigil in the palace, all year round, every day.

People who don't know the inside story still think that he is self-denying and dedicating himself to public service, and he has dedicated everything for this errand. Don't you know that he stays in this deep palace day and night, year after year, day after day, just for one person.

Zhou Youchen looked at Jiao Changqing and said, "The queen's body has always been taken care of by you. She's been unwell for more than half a month, why can't you find any symptoms? ”

His tone was cold, as if reproachful.

Jiao Changqing raised his head when he heard this, and said, "Weichen is guilty. Niangniang's body has always been sensitive, but Weichen did not take good care of Niangniang, and asked the emperor to punish her. ”

Meng Xilan's body was obviously fine, but the emperor said that there was something, and Jiao Changqing didn't have to think about it, so he accepted it all.

Meng Xilan spoke at the right time: "Your Majesty, the concubine is just a little uncomfortable. If there is no Imperial Physician Jiao, the concubines don't know how many illnesses they will have to suffer. ”

After she said this, she gently stroked Zhou Youchen's shoulder, "The emperor should go elsewhere tonight." The concubine heard that her sister has recently learned to paint, why don't you go up and accompany her? ”

My sister is his biological daughter, and he is naturally concerned about it.

Zhou Youchen explained a few words, then got up and left.

Jiao Changqing looked up at Meng Xilan, groaned slightly, and said, "Why did Niangniang suddenly pretend to be sick?" ”

She never cries out in pain when she is sick, and she does so in front of the emperor.

Meng Xilan seemed to be smiling, and said with a long breath: "This palace is just tired." ”

When she said this, her eyes were lowered, and her long eyelashes covered a shadow that hid the tiredness in her eyes.

Although it was just an excuse to refuse, Jiao Changqing still took out the pulse pillow and was still ready to call for her.

Meng Xilan waved her hand lightly: "No need, let's have a cup of tea together." ”

Baozhu brought a tea bowl, and the little eunuch brought him a stool.

Jiao Changqing didn't shirk it, and sat down obediently.

"Weichen heard that the real culprit who murdered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been found."

Meng Xilan took a sip of tea: "Yes, the grievances from more than ten years ago have been ripped out again." ”

More than ten years ago...... Jiao Changqing thought for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "Is it related to the Song family?" ”

Meng Xilan's eyebrows moved slightly. He was smart, and he thought of it at once.

"You're so smart."

Jiao Changqing shook his head with a smile when he heard this: "Weichen is just hindsight." If Weichen was really smart, he should have found clues for Niangniang earlier. ”

Meng Xilan smiled gently: "You have done enough for this palace." ”

Hearing this, Jiao Changqing silently bowed his head and drank the tea in his hand.

After a cup of tea, Jiao Changqing walked away in the night, and the little eunuch hurriedly ran back and forth, saying that the emperor had already rested at Concubine Song.

So best, he has a place to go, she has quiet.

Meng Xilan sat on her knees, looking at the dark sky outside the window, speechless for a long time.

Baozhu came in to change the candle, and when he saw that she hadn't rested, he said, "Niangniang, it's time for all the children." You still don't rest? ”

"Xu drank tea, and I didn't feel sleepy at all."

Meng Xilan lay down with her arms on her pillow, thinking only of one person in her heart.

That's worry-free......

It's been months, and I haven't heard from her for a long time. I don't know if she's doing well?

……

Because of Zhang Rong'er's matter, Zhou Tianyou was really uneasy, he thought about it, and he was still ready to go to the palace in person.

He apologized to him on behalf of his mother.

The relationship between the two brothers has always been very good, and when Changsheng saw him come to him and kneel down in front of him, he couldn't help frowning and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Although my brother's poisoning has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me indirectly. I'm here to kowtow to the prince's brother and admit my mistakes! ”

After Zhou Tianyou finished speaking, he kowtowed heavily.

Changsheng immediately stood up, walked quickly in front of him, and helped him up from the ground.

"You get up, who made you kneel?"

Seeing that he was kneeling still, Changsheng dragged him up from the ground.

He looked into his eyes and saw that his eyes were red and his brow was furrowed.

He didn't have a veil on his face, revealing the scars on his face.

Shen Dan looked at it really on the side, secretly frightened, but he didn't dare to look at it more.

She had already heard that His Royal Highness the Second Prince was congenitally deficient and had a hateful face.

Changsheng was half a head taller than Zhou Tianyou, and he held his shoulders and said, "Don't just take things on yourself...... The woman outside the palace has nothing to do with you for a long time. You and I are both the children of the queen mother, I am your brother, you are my brother, no one can easily provoke the feelings between our brothers! ”

Zhou Tianyou was slightly moved when he heard this, and his ink-colored eyes were once again covered with a layer of moisture.

"Brother...... You really don't blame me? ”

Changsheng patted him on the shoulder heavily: "Of course, you are innocent, just like me. ”

Although his life was threatened, he was not carried away by the anger. Right and wrong, who is right and who is wrong, he clearly distinguishes.

Zhou Tianyou left the palace with a heart full of emotion.

Shen Dan took a step forward and asked cautiously, "Your Highness, do you really believe him?" ”

Hearing this, Changsheng turned his head, his slightly amber eyes full of deep meaning. "What do you mean?"

Shen Dan lowered his eyes: "The slave maid just thinks that the second prince may not be really innocent. ”

Zhang Rong'er has been in peace outside the palace for so many years, shouldn't she do such a thing?

Changsheng glared at her, "It's not something you can talk about. ”

Shen Dan hurriedly saluted when he heard this: "The slave is guilty." ”

Changsheng snorted softly, and sat down again: "Don't say that you are guilty at every turn. If one day I am in a bad mood, your head will be lost. ”

Shen Dan chuckled in his heart and said softly, "Yes...... But Your Highness, you are not such a moody person......"

Changsheng picked up the scroll, looked at it quietly, and said half-loudly: "Don't be smart, you don't know what kind of person I am." ”

Shen Dan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and raised his eyes to look at the master who was reading under the lamp, only to feel that he was shrouded in dim candlelight, exuding a peaceful atmosphere.

No matter how you look at it, he is not an evil lord who kills people at will. He won't......

Early the next morning, Zhou Youchen lost his temper in front of the ministers above the early dynasty.

When the Son of Heaven is angry, great things will happen.

Changsheng was not present, he went to Cining Palace, and he went to see the queen mother.

Meng Xilan called him over and told him all the ins and outs of the matter.

There were already some rumors in the palace, and Zhou Tianyou came to him last night to ask for guilt, and he had already sorted things out in his heart.

"That's the way it is, it's still the queen mother who has burdened you." Meng Xilan said with melancholy, raised her hand and touched her son's sideburns, "Are you very angry in your heart?" ”

Changsheng shook his head and said, "It's not the queen mother's fault, and it's not You'er's fault. ”

A thin chill appeared in his eyes.

Meng Xilan stared at him: "Then what are you going to do?" Your father said that you should decide for yourself. ”

What the Song family should do with it depends on his will.

Hearing this, Changsheng held the hand of the queen mother and groaned for a while before he said a word.

"Kill!"

Meng Xilan's eyes sank and she looked at him deeply.

Although she was a little surprised, she still felt a little relieved in her heart.

Changsheng looked at her with a serious face: "The Queen Mother once said that letting the enemy fear is the best protection for yourself. Erchen is about to become an adult, and as the crown prince, Erchen has not yet made the enemy afraid. The queen mother, they are not afraid of their sons, so they dare to come and murder their sons! They are so presumptuous! The retainers want them to pay the price, the bloody price. Erchen wants everyone to know that Erchen is not a soft-hearted person, and Erchen must make them afraid...... I feel fear from the heart......"