Zhao Xiangling's father's and queen's love token is the begonia flower, so the flower they set for Zhao Xiangling is a begonia. Because Zhao Xiangling used a lot of jade seals, not many people knew about it.

But Li Ruiqing is one of the few.

In addition to peonies, the most carved utensils used by Zhao Xiangling are begonias. And this jade ring was given to Li Ruiqing by her hand back then.

When he lived in Li Ruiqing's house due to illness, the two of them secretly went out to listen to the drama behind Aunt Xia's back, and when the storyteller said that the young lady gave the mandarin duck pendant privately, she jokingly took off a pair of jade rings in her hand and gave it to him, which made his face red for a long time.

He had forgotten about it a long time ago, but he never thought that he had left the jade ring until now.

In the past, he was a guy who would blush when he teased, unlike now, when he was thick-skinned.

Thinking about it, Zhao Xiangling wanted to put the two jade rings back again, but remembered the purpose of turning this thing out.

The half of his jade ring was a token sent by the informant at the beginning. At that time, the situation was urgent, and he was one step too late, so he had to carry his sword to the temple and behead King Hua and his supporters on the palace, and the jade ring also fell into the fire and burned beyond recognition.

However, without the messenger at the beginning, he might not even have the opportunity to go to the palace to confront King Hua. It can be said that it was the biggest crisis when she did not sit in this position.

It turned out that it was not someone else who settled this matter for himself in the first place, but him.

There are some things that you can understand as soon as you think about it. No wonder Aunt Xia said that he almost lost his life that time.

King Hua had the idea of rebellion as early as the time of the first emperor. If you want to wipe out all his forces, just by virtue of Li Ruiqing's status as a cabinet scholar at the beginning, he will never have the means and close contacts he has now.

Therefore, he infiltrated the command of King Hua, pretended to take refuge, and after seizing the evidence of the crime, he used the power of the Shadow Pavilion to fight at the same time, so that he could take him down in one fell swoop and sit firmly on the dragon chair.

The hardships are not explained in one or two sentences.

With the same powerful prince fighting, just relying on the power of the rivers and lakes, it is inevitable that he will be hit hard, and it will inevitably cause the Shadow Pavilion to suffer a catastrophe.

It can be said that in this battle, the person who really poured everything out was not himself, but him.

Although he went straight from the cabinet to the position of left minister in this battle, the biggest winner was himself.

He didn't pay much, and he almost lost his life!

Hanging his hand, Zhao Xiangling smiled bitterly twice: "Zhao Xiangling, you are really hypocritical, in fact, the most unconscionable person is you!" ”

Who doubts others all day long, who really hasn't given a little bit of trust?

He gave himself the token, thinking that he should know what he had done, but he did not suspect that he had become suspicious of him because of a letter.

Maybe he's still confused, wondering which step was wrong?

It was a pity that he risked his life, but he only found out 'unintentionally' three years later. I really don't know if it's happy or sad.

Thankfully, she finally found out, but sadly it took three years for her to find out.

Silently packed up all the things, Zhao Xiangling pursed his lips and didn't say a word.

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Li Ruiqing thought about it, but decided to go to Zhao Xiangling. There are some things that it is better to explain.

Looking at the few big characters in Qifeng Palace, looking at the scene of the land and ashes inside, he was inexplicably a little desolate in his heart.

I don't know if it's for her or for myself.

With a light sigh, Li Ruiqing avoided the mechanism and jumped in, turned around and came to the door, and clasped his back hand twice: "Your Majesty? ”

No one answered, but the door was pulled open from within.

Before he could speak, a man sprang out of it, reached under his arm, and wrapped his arms around his back.

Zhao Xiangling leaned his head on his shoulder and closed his eyes quietly.

More than ten years ago, Zhao Xiangling left Li Ruiqing's house and said the same thing when he said goodbye to him. More than ten years later, hugging each other like this again is completely different from the feeling of childhood.

Wutong Palace was heavily guarded, no one was staring, and Li Ruiqing also hugged her like this, without hindrance.

He pursed his lips, but the corners of his lips couldn't help but rise quietly, and he couldn't control it.

Feeling that he was not resisting, Zhao Xiangling hugged him tighter. She called in a low voice, "Brother Ruiqing." ”

Li Ruiqing's hand, which he had originally intended to raise, trembled suddenly. The smile on his face suddenly stiffened, and he asked in a deep voice, "You...... Call me what? ”

"Brother Ruiqing." Zhao Xiangling called him as if he was a child, and he never felt inappropriate, "What? Isn't it good? ”

Li Ruiqing's smile completely disappeared from his face. He closed his eyes and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, the minister can't stand it, it's better for you to call the minister a national teacher." ”

"Why can't you stand it?" Zhao Xiangling was slightly stunned, thinking that Li Ruiqing was still angry with her for threatening him yesterday, "I thought this was good." ”

Li Ruiqing was silent and did not answer again. He just raised his hand and ran it through her hair lightly, leaned his head against the back of his hand, and said softly in a voice that only he could hear, "It's good that you're happy." ”

Brother. What he wants to be is not his brother. Never. It's a pity that she doesn't understand, so don't understand.

Between the left minister and the emperor, what is the gap of tens of millions to be crossed? He knew it long before he sat in this position. But he couldn't help but sit.

Because this is the closest position to her. Because this is the only way I can protect her.

Closing his eyes and smelling the incense on the top of her head, Li Ruiqing didn't think about anything, didn't want to think about anything.

The good times did not last long. Outside the hall, a person stood at the door and called: "Your Majesty......"

Celadon looked up and saw a scene she shouldn't have seen.

The two hugged each other, and the years were quiet.

Hurriedly lowered his head, Celadon tried his best to report in the same tone as usual: "Your Majesty, you said yesterday that you would leave the palace to prepare for the banquet of Miss Chen Si in the next few days, and the slave maid has already taken care of it for you, since the national teacher is accompanied, the slave and maid will retreat." ”

After saying a series of words, Celadon left in a hurry, and did not look back. She thought to herself, fortunately, there are too many institutions and she can't enter the Qifeng Palace, otherwise if she collides head-on, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing?

It seems that in the future, when you enter Wutong Palace, you have to look at the situation first, and then decide whether to enter or not.

Zhao Xiangling didn't know these careful thoughts of celadon. She raised her head and hooked the corners of her lips: "National teacher, you scared away the people who accompanied me, you say, what should I do?" ”

Li Ruiqing no longer saw anything unusual on his face. He smiled lightly: "That minister has no choice but to sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman." ”

Scold. Or give up your life to accompany the gentleman? The ghost wants his life, and the ghost is the gentleman. Gentleman, that kind of sanctimonious villain, it's not appropriate.

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On the streets of Chang'an, two men in black attracted the attention of most of the people on the side of the road. One is tall, the other is enchanting, both of them wear hats, and they can't see their appearances clearly. But his temperament is clear, and he is by no means a child of an ordinary family.