At dusk, the sun sets.

The golden sunlight poured down faintly, shining on the water of the pond, and the golden light was shining, as if it was covered with broken gold dust.

Changsheng sat in the pavilion by the pool, with a spread out book in front of him and a steaming bowl of tea in his hand.

Since he didn't read a book or drink tea, he just sat quietly. Qing Jun's eyebrows and eyes were a little deep that did not fit his age. Because of the war in the northwest, his father was in a heavy mood, which made him feel pressure.

In the past two days, his father did not let him go to the meeting, and only let him read quietly by himself to make up for his homework.

Wuwu has been waiting for her in Cining Palace, but she waited and waited, but she didn't wait for him to come.

The queen mother went out in the afternoon, and she didn't like to be alone, so she went to the palace to look for him.

By this time, the weather had cooled down.

He was still sitting outside in a long gown, and he didn't even have a cloak on him.

Carefree shook his head secretly and walked closer; "What can you do if you catch a cold like this?"

Changsheng came to his senses and looked back at her, his eyes were surprised: "Sister......"

Wu Wu glanced at him, turned his head and instructed Xiao Changzi: "You go and get a cloak for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Changsheng got up and said, "I'm not cold, it's okay." ”

Worry-free is still insisting: "Let's put it on." ”

When she saw a book spread out in front of him, she looked down and said, "What are you reading?" ”

He picked up the cover and looked at it, and found that it was a military book.

Wu Wu's heart sank, and he only said: "You are still thinking about the war." ”

Changsheng only closed the book and rolled it in his hand: "Sister, don't worry about this." ”

Wuwu sat opposite him and said quietly: "I also know a little bit about the things outside." The queen mother is also worried about this matter now, I can't help anything, and it's good that I can talk to you. ”

As he spoke, Xiao Changzi had already taken the cloak and gently put it on the prince.

"The Turkic Sixteen Divisions are ready to move, and this battle will be fought sooner or later." Changsheng pointed to his eyes as he spoke: "Actually, my eyes are the same as those barbarians......"

Hearing this, Wu Wu immediately frowned, and shrugged at him: "This kind of thing is not nonsense. Your eyes are as beautiful as your father's. ”

He had dark brown eyes, which turned amber again in the sunlight, shining like jewels.

Hearing this, Changsheng's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked into the distance again and said, "Father always tells me how terrible those Turks are. I also want to see it with my own eyes, so, one day, I'm going to go, I'm going to go there and have a look. ”

Wu Wu shook his head when he heard this, and said with his fingers around the handkerchief in his hand: "Don't say such childish things. ”

Changsheng retorted to her, "I'm not childish. Sister, I'm not a child anymore. ”

He knows what war is? He knows how fragile human life is on the battlefield?

Worry-free was slightly stunned when he heard this, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

"Changsheng, you have indeed grown up, and you are no longer a child. You have your own ideas, you have your own ideas. But you are the crown prince, if your father is not in the capital, you will be responsible for protecting this place and protecting the queen mother. ”

She doesn't know much about political matters, and she can't calculate those interests. She only knows that Changsheng is the most important person in the queen mother.

Changsheng saw that there was a sad look between her eyebrows, so he slowly walked to her side, touched her head and said, "I will protect you." ”

He comforted her like an older brother, he was already half a head taller than her.

Carefree lips moved slightly, looking at the gentle eyebrows and eyes of Changsheng in front of him, he suddenly felt that he had really grown up, completely like an adult.

She suddenly remembered the wound on his palm, grabbed her hand, and looked down.

The scars had grown, but the calluses on his knuckles had grown. It seems that he has been practicing archery lately.

Her hands are soft, but his hands are hard.

Changsheng liked her soft fingertips and warm palms, and couldn't help but gently squeeze her hand back.

He didn't say anything, didn't say a word, just held her hand.

Carefree was stunned for a while, only to feel that this was not good, and was about to retreat and break free, but heard him speak: "My sister's hands are soft, and they are the same as when I was a child." ”

He still remembers when he was a child, his sister slapped him with her hands, coaxed him to sleep, and pushed him on a swing.

His tone sounded a little melancholy.

Hearing this, he didn't retreat, so he kept holding his hand. "Your hands, when you were a child, were also soft, and they are completely different from now. Phoenix...... Sometimes, I wish we never grew up. ”

After becoming an adult, she has more troubles and less happiness. They don't get along as happily as before.

Carefree lowered her head, and a strand of hair on her cheeks blew across her cheeks, tickling her.

Changsheng raised his eyes to look at her, stretched out his hand to comb the broken hair in her ear, and smiled deeply: "My sister always says that I am childish, and you are the real childish." I'm different from my sister, I like to grow up, and I like my sister when I grow up. ”

This implicit confession made his heart beat faster. However, carefree didn't think much about it, and didn't even have the heart to think about it.

Seeing this, Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He was glad she hadn't thought much of it, because only then would they be comfortable getting along.

…

For three days, Meng Xilan went to the military ground of the camp in Beijing every day.

She is the queen, but she personally came to the door to ask to see her. It's a pity that her attitude can't make Chu Jingchuan soft-hearted.

He ignored her identity and just left her aside.

He continued to train the soldiers, no matter what time she came, let alone when she left.

Koharuko came over again and again to invite him, but he ignored it.

Jade is not worth it for the master, and seeing that it is getting late, he said: "Niangniang, General Chu is afraid that he can't come, let's go." ”

This Chu Jingchuan is really too ignorant. Who does he think he is? Niangniang gave him such a big face, but he didn't know how thick the sky was......

The mother can bear it enough.

Meng Xilan lowered her eyes, thought for a while, and then got up and said, "Forget it, come back tomorrow." ”

Jade was slightly stunned when she heard this, and only said: "Niangniang, let's come back tomorrow?" ”

"Of course I want to come."

She had to convince him. There is no retreat and no shortcuts.

Early the next morning, Meng Xilan left the palace on time and came to the camp.

When Chu Jingchuan saw her this time, she still had that cold face and that cold tone.

"Queen Mother, this is treating Weichen as Zhuge Liang. How can the minister afford to be ......" After finishing speaking, he raised his head and stared at Meng Xilan tightly, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and his expression was mocking.

Meng Xilan listened quietly, the fingers under the sleeves slowly tightened, and then slowly released.

"This is the sincerity of this palace." She replied lightly.

"Niangniang does this, is the emperor willing to do this?" Chu Jingchuan continued to ask.

As a husband, he is naturally reluctant...... But as a king, he always has to put the big things first. Meng Xilan shifted a thousand pounds in four or two, no matter how he arched the fire, he was not angry.

The calmer she was, the more he didn't have a point.

Chu Jingchuan really cooled down, and he was really depressed in his heart.

"The minister said that as long as the mother gives me a reason, let the minister be willing to die for the mother."

Meng Xilan looked at him and said quietly, "This palace can't find a reason for you." ”

Chu Jingchuan chuckled when he heard this, slightly mocking.

"Chu Jingchuan, even if we can't release our previous suspicions, we can still use each other."

Although Meng Xilan spoke softly, every sentence had a lot of meaning. "Chu Jingchuan, there must be something more important in your heart than me. Your resentment against me, just useless stuff. If you're ambitious, Hongu can fulfill you! ”

As long as he has military achievements, it is not a problem to become a knight and a king.

Chu Jingchuan's eyes flashed, and he picked up the tea bowl at hand, his knuckles were slightly white, and he secretly exerted force.

In the end, he is a person who has been practicing martial arts all year round, his hands are too strong, and the tea bowl in his hand is muffled and broken.

The tea leaves in the bowl were all spilled.

The fragments fell from his hands in small pieces and fell to the ground, a little embarrassed.

Jade was taken aback, and after being stunned, she stepped forward to clean up.

Chu Jingchuan spread out his palms, his hands were not injured at all, but they were wet.

He shook off his hand, then took the handkerchief from Jade's hand and wiped it.

Jade was about to clean up the mess on the ground, but Meng Xilan said, "You guys should retreat first." ”

There are too many people, and it is indeed a little inconvenient to speak.

"If this general can go out to defend the northwest, the Chu family can obtain a hereditary title and enjoy wealth and glory forever."

As soon as Meng Xilan's words were finished, Chu Jingchuan laughed again, his laughter was low, and he sounded a little depressed.

"Meng Xilan, are you originally this kind of person?"

What hereditary titles, what glory and wealth? It's just an excuse to bluff people.

She still doesn't want to tell him a word of truth.

"Prince Rong is the emperor's own uncle, and in the end he didn't end up with a tragic end!"

Meng Xilan shook her head: "You are different from Zhou Shirao, he is self-defeating!" From the time I entered the palace to the present, he didn't know how many stumbling blocks he had put on the palace behind his back, and how many tricks he had used! If this palace doesn't get rid of him, he will still be unfavorable to the crown prince! ”

She doesn't ask him to understand her hardships, but there are some things that can't be compared.

"Meng Xilan, since you are so smart, why do you want to come to this troubled water! The emperor sent you to be a lobbyist, obviously still minding the things of the year! Whether I agree or not, win or lose, my life will not be saved! ”

Chu Jingchuan has been in the officialdom for so many years, and he understands the truth that a companion is like a tiger, and he understands it better than anyone else.

When Meng Xilan heard this, her heart tightened.

She thought he didn't understand, but she didn't expect him to understand everything.

Her eyes were slightly red: "Because of this, you need to make military achievements, so that the emperor can't move you and the Chu family." ”

She can't forget the events of that year, he can't forget it, and Zhou Youchen won't forget it.

No matter how small things are, if they are stuffy for a long time, they will start to mold slowly.

Meng Xilan walked in front of Chu Jingchuan, raised her face, and looked at him fixedly: "If you don't go, you will die, and if you go, there may be a glimmer of life." The emperor has affection for me, as long as I am here, he will not touch the Chu family at all. Brother Shizukawa, I have already told you the truth, if the war in the northwest is not peaceful, your troubles will not disappear for a day. ”

Chu Jingchuan's originally dark eyes finally showed a trace of clarity when he heard this.

As long as she tells the truth, he is willing to listen. All the hypocrisy and politeness before only made him feel sad and disappointed...... He had never felt sorry for her back then, but now, he just wanted to hear her tell the truth.

More than 30 years of friendship should be exchanged for a truth.