Hearing the words of the Yimen official, the middle-aged man's face changed slightly, but he had to stand up straight, ready to welcome the Son of Heaven.

Soon, Zhao Rui walked in from outside.

After Zhao Rui saluted Empress Dowager Zhang, the man also saluted Zhao Rui and called, "Second brother." ”

It turned out that he was Zhao Hao, the king of Ji who was the third in the palace.

Zhao Rui nodded, and at a glance saw the food box held by Xiao Huangmen.

The lid had been opened, and it contained all kinds of pastries, all of which were different from those they had eaten before.

Although Zhao Rui didn't ask, he had already guessed a few points.

Among the brothers, the one who is the most pleasing to his mother is the third child.

The cats found in this place, the dogs bought in that place, the food found in the market, and the rare flowers obtained in the garden.

It turned out that when the three younger brothers moved out of the palace and opened the mansion on their own, the fourth brother An An divided it, only listened to the edict before entering the palace, and stayed in the house when there was nothing to do.

Only the third brother......

Love to perform, but also to be ......

There is nothing yet, but since the little prince Zhao has been sick for more than ten days, intermittently, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and at the same time, there are two people in Zhao Hao's place, and Zhao Rui's mood has become worse and worse.

If anything happens to the son......

Since Zhao was born, there has been no good news in the palace for more than seven years. Even if he is the king of a country and the son of a true dragon, Zhao Rui does not dare to guarantee that his family will continue to have heirs in the future.

If there are no children......

I'm afraid I'm going to pass it......

Since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, although the reigning emperors have enough two slaps, in the end, the heirs are difficult, and they can only rely on the succession, and there are more than half of them, and almost all of the emperors who have more than half of them are bleak.

With such a lesson from the past, Zhao Rui didn't want to be one of them.

He was silent on his face, only listening to his younger brother Zhao Hao talking to the Empress Dowager Zhang, occasionally interjecting a sentence or two, thinking about things in his heart.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at the hour and said, "It's not early, Your Majesty should go back early, and there will be a meeting tomorrow." ”

Zhao Rui stood up and retired as if he were good.

As always, Zhao Hao did not go out with him, but after saluting, he naturally stayed in the palace.

Listening to the younger brother in the back introduce the pastries brought back from outside the palace to his mother one by one, Zhao Rui walked out, and his face was a little ugly.

The queen was right.

At present, the heirs in the palace are unknown, and the two younger brothers should move out earlier.

It's just like the third brother, even if he can move out, he will run to the palace twice in three days, but in the name of filial piety to his mother, he can't stop him if he wants to.

He hadn't taken a few steps, and when he saw that the direction of the Yellow Gate Line leading the way with a lantern in front of him was wrong, he called out and said, "Zheng Lai." ”

Zheng Lai hurriedly turned his head.

"Return to the Arch Hall."

Zheng Lai was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to be a child......

Zhao Rui nodded.

Zheng Lai boldly persuaded: "At this time, it is already late at night, Your Majesty is recovering from his illness, and he will have a court meeting tomorrow, so why don't you go back to Funing Palace to rest first." ”

Zhao Rui shook his head and said, "Go to the Vertical Arch Palace." ”

Zheng Lai didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he had to tell the little yellow door with the lantern in front of him to change the way.

After a quarter of an hour, I saw that I was about to reach the Hanging Arch Hall, when suddenly a meteor crossed the sky, and its tail was adorned with a long light and shadow, and after a long time, it disappeared.

Compared to what I've seen before, tonight's one is a little too bright.

Zhao Rui squinted at the meteor, and for some reason, a strong sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

***

At this moment, in the mansion on Jinliangqiao Street, Ji Qingling was reading the letter sent back by Tanzhou.

The two noisy birds have changed to a big cage, hanging up under the eaves, Qiu Shuang reached out, grabbed some millet for the birds to peck, while feeding, while the autumn dew next to him said: "Why don't you put it in the wing room at night, although there is a shelter here, but there is still half facing the sky, if it suddenly rains, I can't say that this bird will be sick." ”

Qiu Lu also felt that it was not good for the birds to be placed here, but she shook her head and said, "I'll ask Madame later." ”

Where did Ji Qingling still have the heart to care about the two birds, her cheeks were slightly red, her eyes were shining, pinching the stack of papers in her hand, almost reading word by word.

Right now, a peacock is opening a screen with its tail cocked on the windowsill, and she probably doesn't bother to look at it.

After reading it carefully, Ji Qingling smiled at the corner of her mouth, spread out a blank piece of paper, dipped her pen in ink, and began to reply to Gu Yanzhang.

The north and south of the world have come and gone, and at this time, this letter can be delivered, and most of the fifth brother has already arrived in Guizhou.

I don't know what the situation is in Guangyuan Prefecture, and the rebellion will only be put down until later.

While thinking about it, Ji Qingling couldn't help but smile lightly, only half of a word was written, then put down the pen again, picked up the thick stack of letters again, and read it again.

Sure enough, the fifth brother's love words are better written in the letter...... If you face each other, that person always likes to say something that is not ashamed, although she does not dislike it, but at night, it is not easy to turn it out and think about it during the day.

She moved the candlestick closer, put her right hand on her cheek, and held the letter in one hand, and happened to see one of them, saying that when he returned to his room at night, it was already dark, and only the stars, the moon, and the breeze were accompanied by it, and there was no one left, so she pushed the window open, and drew the wind into her bosom, as if she were admiring the moon and the stars with the people of her heart.

Ji Qingling also pushed open the window sash in front of him, looked at the stars and a crooked moon in the distance, and smiled for a long time, as if he didn't know whether he was in Tanzhou or halfway to enjoy the moon and stars.

As soon as the window opened, the small cries of the birds and the soft voices of Qiu Lu and Qiu Shuang became a little louder. Ji Qingling was in a very good mood, listening to these voices, she didn't feel noisy, and was about to stretch out her hand to pick up the pen, when she suddenly saw a long meteor crossing the sky, with a thick and bright tail.

"Flying stars!"

She heard Qiu Shuang whisper.

"What a big fire!"

Qiu Lu also replied.

The book that the two little girls have read since the beginning discussed the meaning of meteors.

"It's not a bad omen, is it?" Qiu Shuang couldn't help but say.

Qiu Lu denied it: "It's not that Yinglu guards his heart, where are there so many bad signs." ”

Qiu Shuang said: "But as long as it's a flying star, it doesn't seem to be a good thing......

The two half-witted talked for a long time, and they didn't discuss anything, so they entered the house together, and asked Ji Qingling what they were doing.

"I'm not very familiar with the astrological ......," Ji Qingling shook his head and said, "Just looking at it like this, it doesn't look like a good thing, but it looks like someone is gone." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw another meteor in the sky, this time, compared with the one just now, although it was not so big, it was generally bright.