Mo Lan shook his head, put a few pieces of fried fresh lotus root into a bowl, presented them to Zhao Zhen, and suddenly asked: "Do you remember that one winter, by the warm soup pool in the palace, you ever picked up a plain silk brocade pa?" ”

Zhao Zhen didn't have the slightest impression in his mind, but said with a smile: "Is it yours?" ”

Moran smiled and said slowly, "Isn't it." After a pause, he seemed to return to his memory, and said: "That year, I drove to the palace to serve the needlework, because it was the first time I went out of the palace, and it was the first time I saw Wen Tangchi, I couldn't help but find a secluded place in the middle of the night to take off my shoes and socks and soak my feet. I didn't dare to let you see it, so I ran into the woods in a panic with my bare feet, and when I turned back, I found that the handkerchief had fallen on the edge of the pool, but where did I dare to pick it up, I hid behind the tree and didn't dare to move, and when you picked up the handkerchief and walked away, I dared to wear shoes and socks. ”

said, as if it had reached that time, she was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and she had only been in the palace for two or three years, and she was on duty in the embroidery room. She only ate half a basket cake for dinner, and in the middle of the night, she woke up hungry, and secretly opened the door to look, only to see the cold moon like frost, the sky like black, and the bright stars sprinkled all over the sky.

She greedily looked at the moonlight, wrapped a jacket, and unconsciously walked to the edge of the warm soup pool. The moonlight was pale and white, shining on the warm soup and radiating heat, and she gently brushed it with her hand, but it was piping hot.

She had always been bold, and when she saw that there was no one around, only the moon hanging low on the palace wall, she took off her shoes and socks, sat down with a brocade handkerchief, and put her feet in the warm soup.

The air on a winter night is crisp and fresh, surrounded by sloping flowers and branches, towering trees, and soaking in numb feet, and even heating up in the body. She couldn't help but feel proud, let down her vigilance, looked up at the stars in the sky, and swayed her feet lightly in the water, and heard the sound of splashing water.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of leather boots stepping, obviously coming this way.

She was stunned for a moment, afraid of being seen, so she hurriedly lifted her feet from the pool, picked up her shoes and socks, and went to the woods. She was shivering with cold, thinking of the palace people who had broken their wrists by the concubine a few days ago, and she was terrified.

She hid behind a tree, not daring to breathe too hard, and secretly looked to the edge of the pool, only to see a man in a vermilion brocade robe standing under the moon, bending down to pick up her left brocade handkerchief, and looking around. Although she couldn't see his face clearly, she recognized that the shirt was the dragon-patterned civilian robe of the official family that was newly driven out by the Cultural Embroidery Bureau during the beginning of winter.

After Zhao Zhen had dinner, his own ministers couldn't wait to ask for an audience, sort out today's inspection situation, and discuss countermeasures. Mo Lan picked up a few hairpins and palace clothes from the palace maids stationed there, put on green silk, pulled a square bun, pressed it with a wooden hairpin, wore a green linen cotton robe, and according to his vague memory, he found the warm pool where Zhao Zhen picked up the handkerchief, just like back then, only took off his shoes and socks, and put his feet into the pool. She leaned back slightly, looking at the clear stars in the sky, letting the moonlight shroud her body like veil and smoke, as if she had changed back to the bold and fearless little palace maid back then.

I don't know how long it took, there was a familiar sound of boots behind her, she knew that he was coming, turned her face sideways, and said, "You're here." Zhao Zhen sat down on the cushion beside her, and a palace man stepped forward to take off his boots and socks for him, and put the dragon's feet into the pool, causing ripples in the warm water.

He said: "Those old guys want to build this and build that, and they will make a lot of trouble." After a pause, he asked, "Did you wait for a long time?" ”

Moran smiled and pouted, shook his head from side to side, and said, "Your political affairs are urgent." ”

Zhao Zhen turned his head to look at her, and saw that she had a shallow smile like a naughty child on her face, and joy overflowed between her eyebrows and eyes. The palace lamp was very far away, and the moonlight shone on her cheeks like smoke, blurry and clear, making people reluctant to give up.

He said in an unusually gentle tone: "At dinner, you asked me if I remembered the Jinpa, but I didn't even have the slightest impression. ”

Moran looked at him and said with a smile: "I know, you have a lot of opportunities, where can you have the heart to remember this." Zhao Zhen let out a "hmm", looked at her blankly for a while, and then said: "However, when I just walked over from a distance, I saw you sitting in the moonlight, and suddenly I felt a sense of déjà vu. ”

Moran asked, "And what do you remember?" ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned and said, "I don't know." ”

Moran thought he was joking, pouted and glanced at him, and said, "Forget it, forget it, don't say nice things to make me happy." ”

Zhao Zhen saw her coquettish appearance, and said with a stiff face: "I really remembered a little bit, but the years were too long and too vague." ”

Moran twisted the ties on his shirt and said, "I don't believe it." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "I am the Son of Heaven, I have always been a man of my word, what do you do to lie to you as a little lady?" As he spoke, he leaned into her ear, blew softly, and said in a long voice: "Really...... Target...... Not...... Yes...... Scamming ...... You ......"

Moran was blown numb by him, pushed him away with both hands, and said with a smile: "Okay, can't I believe you?" ”

Zhao Zhen hugged her in his arms and said, "Lady, I finally remembered it, is there a reward?" ”

Hearing him call himself "lady" like an ordinary husband and wife, and call himself "I", Mo Lan's heart suddenly became tender, his eyes were warm and overflowing, and he said in a low voice: "What reward do you want?" So saying, he raised his head again, kissed him on his Adam's apple, and asked, "Is this enough?" ”

Zhao Zhen held her face, kissed her deeply on the lips, and said with a smile: "That's enough." ”

Moran leaned on his chest and closed his eyes slightly, "We don't have to follow the rules here, and we don't have to look at the faces of others, it feels so good." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "If you like it, you can also live here for a while." Just like Yang Guifei and Tang Xuanzong live in Huaqing Pond, they don't envy mandarin ducks or immortals, but the two rely on each other. ”

Mo Lan said: "Liulang is more benevolent and sage than Tang Xuanzong. ”

Zhao Zhen listened to it and felt comfortable, and said slowly: "With Moran by my side, I am very blessed." ”

The official family went out of the palace to inspect the water affairs, and the matter of the palace was not known until dinner. Originally, I didn't have any intentions, but I was worried that there was no powerful person on the side of the official family, and I would lose my care. Later, I heard that Zhou Huazheng secretly showed that the royal driver actually took Lan Cairen there, and his heart was suddenly like a needle, and the pain was dense, and he couldn't swallow the soup even after putting his chopsticks.

The queen is already busy in the new year, and the queen not only has to preside over the Shang Palace Bureau to prepare new clothes, festivals, and promotions for the palace concubines for the New Year, but also prepare for rewards, audiences, princesses, and courtiers. I've been so busy these days that I can't take care of the people in the harem, and I don't even want to, it's already like this.

If he saw that the queen was depressed, he said worriedly: "The moonlight is excellent tonight, it is better to let the slave maid lead the mother out for a walk." Seeing that she didn't object, she hurriedly took the moon-white feather veil and gray fox fur cloak to wrap it for her, and let Feng Yi follow after a hundred steps, and personally carried the four-cornered phoenix palace lamp with her side, and carefully helped Jingshu to walk to the back garden.

The two walked along the small stone path slowly, Jingshu looked at the innocent moonlight, and sneered: "It's just a cheap maid in the dyeing workshop, and now she is stepping on my head." ”

Ruoli held the palace lamp at Jingshu's feet, and said softly: "Niangniang doesn't have to worry, Zhang Molan has only been sealed for a short time, and the official family has deep guilt for her, and she is just favored for a while." Like Shang Lindong before, when she had just had a miscarriage, the official family was also extremely gracious to her, and they were willing to violate the palace system for her by paying attention to the rules. Now, it's gone. ”

Jingshu sighed and said, "I hope so." After a pause, he said: "It's nothing for Lan Cai to be favored, her family background is there, and she is a cheap maid who came out of the dyeing workshop, so she can't be atmospheric." It's Concubine Yang De, whose family background is on par with me, and she has the right to associate the six palaces, I look at the concubines in the palace, but most of them are the only ones who obey. Now that she has received a holy decree to investigate the sudden death of Qianhua, I am a little worried. ”

The moonlight shone on Jingshu's face like a clear frost, becoming more and more bleak, and suddenly she looked at it, and she was cautious.

Ruoli stroked her hand and said: "The slaves and maids have been arranged, and it is impossible to involve the Ciyuan Palace, so don't worry." Since the Queen Mother, Jingshu seems to have grown up in an instant, and she is no longer a girl who only looks forward to Jun'en, she asked slowly: "Lan Cairen left the palace with the royal car, does anyone know?" ”

Ruo Lidao: "Ruyi Courtyard only said that the talented person was sick today, and closed the door to thank the guests." Thinking about it, this matter is kept secret, if it is not the imperial eunuch, I am afraid that it will be difficult for others to know. ”

Jing Shu groaned slightly, and whispered to Ruoli's ear: "You send a few people to secretly spread this matter tomorrow, I don't think we need to do it, and some people can't bear it." ”

Ruoli nodded and said respectfully: "Yes." ”

The two walked around the back garden for half a circle, and only then turned back to the temple when the moon was slanting and the cold was deepening.

In the middle of the night, the candlestick is also built in the warm pavilion of the Agarwood Palace, and the figures of the two people are reflected on the window paper, and the shadows are sufficient, as if they are whispering. Lang Yue was crooked on the kang, half of the thin brocade was covered with a thin brocade of green silk embroidered with silk, and a book of Analects was held in his hand.

Liluo sat on the edge of the kang and carefully beat the tassels used on the purse, and suddenly heard a "bang" sound, and his hands shook in fright. When I looked up, it turned out that Lang Yue slammed the book in her hand on the rosewood table, frowned and reprimanded: "I don't know why the official family likes these, a harem woman, in the deep palace boudoir, what's the use of reading?" ”

Liluo didn't know why she was so good that she suddenly lost her temper, and she didn't dare to slack off, so she hurriedly put down the affairs in her hand, picked up the book, and said: "It's not early, if the mother feels tired, it's better to sleep peacefully." ”

Lang Yue stretched out her hand to take the book again, opened it, and sighed: "I don't know how Mo Lan has read so many books, no matter what the official says, she can always answer." ”

Liluo knew that she liked to learn from Lan Cairen in everything she wanted, so she said: "If you want to read and write, Niangniang's words are much better than Lan Cairen." ”

There was a slight smile on Lang Yue's face, and she said, "That's natural, I taught the penmanship by the official family." He paused, turned his head to look out the window at the dark curtain, and said in disappointment: "I don't know which palace the official family stayed in tonight." ”

In the afternoon of the next day, the sky suddenly turned cloudy, and it began to rain coldly. The north wind is howling, and the eaves and arches of the forbidden palace, the pavilions and pavilions are all shrouded in the rain curtain by a faint mist, although it is not snowing, it is also so cold that people shiver.

The Ruyi courtyard is full of red, there are a few flowers left on the plum branches, which are also dilapidated, the bald branches are oblique, and the eyes are full of bleak scenes.

Qingqiu waited at the steps, saw that there was a soft sedan chair in the rain, and hurriedly handed the words in, asked the palace people to prepare clothes, towels, hot water and warm tea, and waited for the sedan chair to go under the corridor, and personally held an umbrella to welcome Mo Lan into the hall.

Mo Lan changed into men's clothes first, drank ginger tea, bathed and changed clothes, and then rested, crooked on the big red sour branch chaise longue rattan chair and pretended to sleep.

The sound of rain splashing outside the window, the sound of the ground, the fire dragon in the house burned hot, burning the incense of agarwood, the thin smoke was scattered by the heating, she shrunk on the chair with bare feet, covered with a thin brocade quilt with lotus green bucket patterns, her thoughts drifted farther and farther, the sound of continuous rain seemed to drop on the heart, gradually, there were a few traces of indescribable melancholy, like willow branches and vines, wrapped around the tip of the heart, the tighter and tighter, so that people could not get rid of it.

She slowly opened her eyes, Ling Qingqiu opened the window, and the cold wind rushed in, she couldn't help but shiver, but her heart was cold.

A palace man said under the corridor: "Lancai people, the son of Renming Hall is here." ”

Mo Lan hurriedly stood up on his shoes and said, "Let her come in." As he spoke, he was about to go out, but he saw Zifei smiling and came in, bowed down and said, "Lan Cai is blessed." ”

Moran took her hand and said happily, "Why are you here?" ”

Zifei said: "Today's heavy rain, Renming Hall has few affairs, so I found free time to take a look at you." ”

The two sat on the kang hand in hand, Qingqiu brought a fruit plate and pastries, Zifei took a look, and said with a smile: "Good girl, pick some I like." ”

Qingqiu was quite polite, and only said: "The lady came to give Cairen a happy last time, and she picked a few things to eat, so she wrote them down." After saying that, he quietly avoided going out.

Zifei said: "I just met Zhang Meiren on Gong Street, and she went to Funing Hall in a soft sedan chair. ”

Mo Lan lowered his head and pinched a piece of jade bean cake, handed it to Zifei, and said lightly: "The official family has always treated her warmly. ”

Zifei was always arrogant in front of Moran, she took the bean cake and ate it, and said: "I always feel that she has changed, and I don't dare to smile at her." ”

Moran said: "She has been favored for a long time, her identity is different, and her behavior and conversation naturally change. ”

Zifei smiled: "But I think you are still the same as before, and you haven't changed at all." ”

The finely crushed cake was on the corner of his lips, and it fell all over his body, Zifei got up and brushed it away, and said, "I stained the carpet." ”

Mo Lan looked down and said, "It's okay, I have my own palace people to clean it up." After a pause, he asked, "It's raining so hard, do you have something to do with me?" ”

Zifei then solemnized his face and said, "I heard this morning that you stayed in the palace with the royal driver yesterday, and I should have been happy for you, but for some reason, I am always a little worried." There was a beautiful woman before, but it was because she was too holy that she caused trouble. Although I am a slave, I am not confused, and the things in the harem are clear in my heart. ”

Moran showed a hint of surprise and said, "Where did you hear about it?" ”

Zifei said: "Don't you know? Now everyone in the palace knows that the palace people are talking about it in private. ”

Moran clenched his hands tightly, frowned slightly, and didn't speak for a long time.

Zi Fei lowered his voice and said, "The holy driving trails have always been secret, and the palace people don't dare to talk about it, but if you follow it, everyone will know about it." I look at it, it seems to be coming for you, the holy favor is too much, the concubine will definitely be jealous, you have to be careful. ”

Zifei was kind-hearted, Mo Lan didn't dare to live up to it, although there was a gloom in his eyes, he also smiled lightly: "It's nothing more than soldiers coming to block it, and water is coming to cover it, so there's nothing to be afraid of." ”

Zifei was relieved to see that Mo Lan was fearless, and said with a smile: "That's what I said about it, and even if I finished speaking, it was inconvenient to stay for a long time." ”

Seeing that she was leaving, Mo Lan hurriedly asked Qingqiu to wrap a few plates of fruit, put them in her arms, and said, "You take good care of yourself, if you have something, just come to me." ”

Zifei smiled, stopped talking, held an umbrella, and went to the rain.

In the Funing Palace, Zhao Zhen was sitting on the kang wearing a pear blossom platinum embroidered dragon pattern robe, his throat was itchy, so he announced that the imperial doctor came to see, boiled the decoction, and let Lang Yue wait on the side.

An attendant came over with a tray, and there was a white glazed bowl of Ru kiln lotus flower and a small plate of black plum on the plate, a palace maid stepped forward to remove the porcelain cover, and the bowl was black and yellow medicinal juice, and Lang Yue took the medicinal juice and put it on her lips to try the warmth, and then pouted and blew it gently, before handing it to Zhao Zhen, and said softly: "The official family, please drink the medicine." ”

Zhao Zhen was reading a book, and when he heard Lang Yue say, he raised his head, took the porcelain bowl, raised his head and drank it.

Lang Yuesu pinched a plum with her fingers, served it into Zhao Zhen's mouth with her own hands, accepted the bowl, and raised her hand to signal the palace people to retreat. Lang Yue smiled: "What books do officials read?" Can you tell your concubine? ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned and said, "If you are bored, go back to the palace first." ”

Lang Yuejiao said angrily: "When did the concubine say that she wanted to go back?" I just want to know what kind of books the official is reading. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "If my daughter's family doesn't study, it will only increase her troubles." ”

Seeing that Zhao Zhen's face was dark and uncertain, Lang Yue was timid in her heart and said, "Yes." ”

While the two were talking, there was a report from the inner servant under the corridor, saying, "Official, Princess Minhua is here." Before the words were finished, Minhua had already walked to the palace, and said: "Sixth brother, since you go to the palace, why do you only take Lan Cairen there, it's too partial." Lang Yueben sat on the stool, and when she saw Minhua coming, she got up and stood to the side. Min Hua didn't care, he didn't even look at the moon, he sat down first, and said, "I haven't been to the warm soup for many years, and I really miss it very much." ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he was extremely shocked and said, "How do you know that I took Mo Lan to the palace?" ”

Seeing that Zhao Zhen's face had changed, Minhua's heart sank, and he restrained his expression, and said, "I also listened to what the palace people said, and it has spread all over the palace." ”

Zhao Zhen raised his eyes and looked at Lang Yue, his face was colorless, and said, "You also know?" ”

Lang Yue didn't know what she meant, and hurriedly replied: "The concubine only heard about it in the morning. At this time, a palace maid brought tea, but Zhao Zhen raised his hand and lifted it, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhou Huaizheng! ”

Zhou Huaizheng was waiting under the corridor, heard a sound in the hall, and saw the palace people inside kneeling down one by one, just didn't know what to say, suddenly heard Zhao Zhen call himself, his heart was not clear, he didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere, and bowed into the hall. He knelt on the ground and said to himself, "What do the officials command?" ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Have you told others about my exit from the palace?" ”

Zhou Huaizheng was shocked and said, "The slave doesn't dare." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "How can the palace know about going to the palace?" ”

Zhou Huaizheng said: "Although the official family is a micro-service, there are quite a lot of guards and ministers in the entourage, but I am afraid that they may leak their whereabouts." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "You are the only one in the palace who knows about Lan Cairen's car, and the ministers have never seen her, even if they know that she is a concubine, how can they still know her name?" ”

Zhou Huaizheng trembled and said, "Xu is the guard who said it......"

Zhao Zhen was angry and said angrily: "You still dare to quibble, but you suspect my pro-army guards!" ”

Zhou Huaizheng was so frightened that he trembled, knocked on the ground again and again, and said stiffly: "The slave should die, I really don't know where it was left behind, please let the official know it." ”

Zhao Zhen didn't speak for a long time, and others didn't dare to say more, and the more they breathed, they could smell it.

Min Hua said abruptly and said, "I have something to hide from my sixth brother for a long time. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at her, she was wearing small green bead earrings on her ears, swaying and falling, shimmering with dark light. She said slowly: "I have seen this dog slave sneaking in and out of the eldest lady's dormitory several times a long time ago, although I don't know what they say, but I can vaguely guess some. After a pause, he said: "Otherwise, the eldest lady will not always know the deeds of the sixth brother." ”

Zhao Zhen seemed to have an epiphany, and said as if he was dreaming: "I see, I ...... so."

When Zhou Huaizheng heard this, he saw that Zhao Zhen's color was as cold as ice, and he couldn't help but be frightened, and argued strongly: "The Empress Dowager Xuan went to Cining Hall before she went to Cining Palace, just to ask about the daily trivial matters of the official family, and nothing else. ”

Lang Yueben stood on the side and bowed her head silently, as if she suddenly remembered something, and said: "The concubine went to the Ciyuan Hall yesterday to greet the queen, because she crossed through the Imperial Flower Courtyard, so she walked through the side door. Coincidentally, I saw Eunuch Zhou coming out of the warm pavilion, and the concubine thought that he had a will to pass on to the queen, but she didn't have any intentions. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "You dare to peep at the holy ......" The words changed, and he said to the door: "Come on, go and pass the queen into the palace." ”

Yan Wenying was listening sharply under the corridor, and had already heard a rough idea, and when he saw that Zhao Zhen wanted Empress Xuan to enter the palace, he was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly took the two inner servants to the Ciyuan Palace.

Jingshu listened to the holy message, and Xi Zizi asked Yan Wenying why the official family summoned him, how cunning Yan Wenying was, and only pretended not to know anything, and replied with a smile: "The slave is only on duty under the corridor, and he does not know the holy will." ”

Ruoli twisted Wen Mu towel and waited for Jing Shu to clean her face, put on makeup again, and combed her hair in a bun, she couldn't help but be full of joy when she saw Jing Shu's eyebrows and eyes smiling. Jingshu changed into an embroidered pink plum blossom placket cotton silk jacket, tied a phoenix brocade lily skirt, and cut a branch into the basin and put a hairpin on the sideburns.

Jingshu hadn't seen Zhao Zhen for more than ten days, so she couldn't help but be excited, and looked in the mirror for a long time, only to feel that her eyebrows were not well drawn, and she wanted to redraw them, but she was afraid that Zhao Zhen would wait for a long time, so she was entangled.

Ruoli smiled and said: "Niangniang doesn't have to look at it anymore, the slave maid only feels that even if it is a fairy, it is just like this, and the official family will definitely pamper you when they see it." ”

Jing Shu pursed her lips and smiled, revealing the shyness of a little woman, and said, "Really? ”

Ruoli nodded firmly, looked outside the house, it had rained for most of the day, and at this time it was clear, and there was a shallow sun coming out of the thick clouds, with a gray-white aperture. She said: "You see, even God is happy for Niangniang." After speaking, he helped Jingshu slowly walk down the stairs.

The chamberlains had already parked the warm sedan chair in front, and when they saw the queen coming, they hurriedly opened the curtain and respectfully invited the phoenix.

Due to the rain for half a day, there was water in the uneven places on the palace street from time to time, and the attendants stepped neatly, stepping on the water, making a "popping" sound. Jingshu sat in the warm sedan chair, her eyebrows and eyes overflowed with a shallow smile, and the jade hand lifted the sedan curtain, but saw that the sun had set in the west, and the oblique light shone on the wet glazed tiles, shimmering and shining.

Ciyuan Hall is not far from Funing Palace, and the attendants walked faster than before, but in half an hour, they arrived at the bottom of the corridor. A waiter had already greeted him, lifted the curtain, and asked the queen to get off the sedan chair. Jing Shu was originally in a good mood, but when she arrived in the outer hall, she saw the palace people kneeling on the ground with a panicked face, and suddenly they were like pouring cold water on their heads, and their whole body was cold to the bone.

A deep voice came from inside: "Is the queen here?" ”

Jing Shu hurriedly turned into the inner hall, and saw Zhou Huaizheng kneeling on the ground, her heart chuckled, and she tried her best to hold herself and said: "The official family is blessed with Jin'an." ”

Minhua also got up and asked the queen to say goodbye to the queen with Lang Yue.

Zhao Zhen said: "I have something to ask you. ”

Jing Shu saw that Zhao Zhen's face was different from the past, and she was a little more aggressive, and she couldn't help but be worried, and said, "If the official family has something to say, the concubine knows everything." ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Jingshu and saw that her face was exquisite, and her clothes were more delicate than before.

He didn't show any joy or anger, and asked expressionlessly: "Can the queen know about my trip to the palace?" ”

Jing Shu said: "The concubine has heard a little. ”

Zhao Zhen said "um", and said in a thin tone: "This trip is a micro-service, and the deeds are quite secretive, only Zhou Huaizheng knows it in the palace, but now it is spread loudly, and everyone in the palace knows it......" paused, and asked: "I don't know what the queen thinks about this matter?" ”

His eyes were deep and clear, and there was a faint loneliness and anger between his eyebrows, she was a little scared, and reluctantly smiled: "There are quite a lot of water ministers and guards with him, and there are many people, and it is common for someone to say that he has shown his mouth for a while. ”

The sky was getting dark, and there were chamberlains entering the hall to light the lamp, the jade branch lotus lamp burned extremely brightly, and the dim candle flame was reflected on Zhao Zhen's face, and there seemed to be a smile on the corner of his lips, he secretly said: "There are many mouthy people around me...... and then asked Jingshu: "What do you think should be done with those talkative people?" ”

Jingshu felt cold, and said: "The concubine only understands the harem boudoir, but she doesn't know how to punish the minister." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said to Lang Yue: "What do the rumors in the palace say?" ”

Lang Yue lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, and said respectfully: "The palace people said that yesterday the official family was slightly served, and took Lan Cairen to the palace to soak in warm soup, and he didn't return overnight. ”

Min Hua also said: "That's what I heard. ”

Zhao Zhen paused for a moment, his tone was still light, and asked, "How does the queen know that all the people who are with her are the Minister of Water?" Jingshu made a "boom" in her head, didn't dare to raise her head, stared at Zhao Zhen's hand resting on the small table of the kang head, his fingers were slender and beautiful, and the jade ring on his middle finger was exactly the same as the one he was wearing, but his engraved dragon pattern, hers was a phoenix.

She forced herself to calm down and said: "The concubine also listened to what others said. ”

Zhao Zhen pointed at Zhou Huaizheng, his brain was beating straight, and said, "But listen to him?!" ”

Jingshu suddenly broke his heart, he became the crown prince at the age of eight, ascended the throne at the age of thirteen, and ascended the throne for more than ten years. In fact, when she answered the first sentence, he had already made a decision in his heart. Jingshu knew that she couldn't hide it anymore, so she hurriedly knelt down, her eyes revealing panic, and she held the indigo plum blossom bamboo leaf pattern brocade set on the stove tightly in her hand, and was silent.

She was born with honor, the eldest daughter in the family, and the appearance of the capital, only to enter the palace as the queen, and her mother is the world. It has always been others who beg her, but she has never begged others, and at this time she doesn't know how to beg for mercy, so she just kneels there.

Zhao Zhen looked at her, as if she didn't look at her at all, and she had been married for nine years, not without throbbing and pity, but she was the queen mother's person, even if she was by her side, it was like being separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. He hated the Empress Dowager the most in his life, and when he first ascended the throne, he didn't dare to resist, and slowly cultivated his own power, so he refused to live under her eyes.

He didn't keep it, and when she accidentally scratched his neck, he stopped him after the ministers admonished him to abolish it. When the rumors of gunpowder were above the abolition of the harem, he deliberately fell in love with her in front of everyone to save her face. When suppressing the remnants of the Queen Mother's Party, everyone said that the Middle Palace was also the queen canonized by the Queen Mother and should be abolished.

He ignored all of this.

She is his queen, the wife of the hair, and the year of the palace in the palace, the years of the deep palace are lonely, and they are all inherited by one person. Although he cherished her, he had to deliberately respect her like a guest, and he didn't dare to have the slightest love between men and women. After the Queen Mother, he thought that she could gradually get rid of the shackles of the Queen Mother's party and become the real Queen of the Great Song Dynasty, but now, he was surprised to hear that she had always sent people to pay attention to her movements, and that person was actually the Queen Mother's person, and he suddenly felt disheartened.

He said in a low voice: "I hate ...... most in my life" There seemed to be infinite pain in his eyes, "Why are you ......" After all, he couldn't say it anymore, and after a long time, the corners of his mouth actually hooked up a smile, and his throat was hoarse: "Even so, I can't bear you anymore." ”

When Jingshu heard this, it seemed that a sharp knife was slashed on her chest, and the pain gradually dispersed from the bottom of her heart, and her tears were like springs, but there was no sound, as if something was blocked in her throat, making her unable to speak. She had been diligent and diligent for nine years, but it was still too late.

Perhaps, from the very beginning, it was already too late.

The first time she saw the Holy Driver, she was only fifteen years old. Just after the ceremony, the Queen Mother ordered her to enter the palace and participate in the ceremony of selecting the concubine. At that time, she only wanted to enter the palace and see the world, and never thought of staying in this cage for the rest of her life.

The queen mother led seven or eight women of the family to enjoy the lotus in the pavilion of the imperial garden, and ordered the female musicians of Xianshao Yuan to play across the imperial river, and the sound of silk and bamboo music came along the flowing water, which was very wonderful and elegant.

However, after a while, a flat boat came from the depths of the lotus, and a man in a green shirt stood on the boat, and his clothes fluttered and he came alone with a bamboo pole. He walked ashore with a lotus in his arms, she didn't like to read, but at this time, for some reason, two sentences suddenly appeared: May you return early, and this lotus is fresh.

She fell in love with him at first sight.

Minhua and Jingshu have always been good friends, and they couldn't bear it at this time, so they stood on one side and comforted: "Sixth brother, although the queen's sister-in-law is the middle palace chosen by the eldest lady, she has been very diligent for many years, making the harem stable and stable, even if it is for the sake of many years of husband and wife, the sixth brother needs to think twice." ”

Zhao Zhen murmured as if in a dream: "Queen, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Jingshu restrained her thoughts, but now, she calmed down and choked up: "The concubine has nothing to say, let the official family deal with it." ”

Zhao Zhen looked at her, his eyes were like the sea on the eve of a storm, calm and silent. I don't know how long it took, Zhao Zhen finally called Yan Wenying into the hall, and said in an indifferent tone: "Spread my will, the queen's words and deeds are wrong, she collides with the holy driver, she doesn't repent, she confines Ciyuan Hall behind closed doors and thinks about it, and she can't go out of the palace door for half a step without her will." ”

Jing Shu knelt on the ground in a daze, heard the holy oracle, and kowtowed with tears: "Concubine Xie Guan's family forgiveness." ”

Zhao Zhen no longer looked at her, looked at the few delicate roses in the blue glazed porcelain jar in front of the window, and said tiredly: "You retreat." Jingshu wanted to stand up, but her legs were sore, where could she stand up, and she was about to fall, but fortunately, Minhua was quick and held her up.

It was only after Jing Shuwei's trembling pink figure disappeared behind the bead curtain that Zhao Zhen stared at Zhou Huaizheng and said: "You have been with me for more than ten years, and I have never suspected that you are the queen mother's person, you are powerful." ”

Zhou Huaizheng knew that he was deeply responsible, put his head on the ground, and said: "The first queen mother is kind to the slave, and the slave will never dare to forget." ”

Zhao Zhen laughed angrily, and said, "What a loyal minion...... and then said: "Come on, drag this dog slave out and punish him!" ”

When Yan Wenying heard this, he hurriedly sent his inner servants to tie Zhou Huazheng out, and said in his heart, the official family didn't say how many fights, so naturally they were killed. When Zhou Huaizheng died, the position of Si Tianjian as the chief eunuch of the seal was none other than me. When he arrived at the violent room, he was beaten with two or three canes, but he saw that the official family sent a little eunuch to send an edict, and he was actually sentenced to twenty rods and expelled to the cold palace on duty.

On the second day, Zhao Zhen's seclusion of the queen caused an uproar in the imperial court, and a minister broke into the Funing Palace to admonish, saying: "The queen cannot be abolished, this discussion should be calmed down earlier, and it should not be passed on to the people." ”

Prime Minister Lu Yijian almost dismissed the official because Jingshu inadvertently mentioned that he was the queen mother's staff in front of Zhao Zhen last time, and he was always haunted in his heart, and instigated the official Fan to say: "The queen has been in the middle palace for nine years, but she has no heirs, so she should be abolished." ”

Yan Wenying echoed on one side: "Master Fan is reasonable, and the slave has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

Zhao Zhen glanced at him and said angrily: "Just say what you should say, and shut up if you shouldn't say it." ”

Yan Wenying thought that as long as he was successfully abolished, Lu Xiang would help him ascend to the position of the chief eunuch of Si Tianjian, so he plucked up his courage and pointed to the faint pink marks on the neck of the official family and said: "Even in ordinary people's homes, the wife can't bully her husband, not to mention that the official family is the son of heaven, and he was thrown by the queen with a palm, and he still left blood marks. ”

Zhao Zhen was silent for a long time before he said: "Although the queen is at fault, she has been abiding by the virtue of the concubine for many years, and the matter of abolishing the queen needs to be considered in the long run." ”

The two of them wanted to say more, but they saw Zhao Zhen waving his hand and said, "I'm tired, you can retreat." ”

Since the queen was imprisoned and the courtiers were abolished, Concubine Yang De became more cautious in her words and deeds, and she didn't dare to say a word, and she refused to take a step. The concubines didn't have to go to Ciyuan Hall to ask for peace, so they came to Linhua Hall one after another. Xi Qian was quite proud in her heart, thinking that Concubine De's position as the queen was inevitable, and when she saw others, she often showed a little bit of the momentum of the maid in the middle palace.

This day is an extremely rare winter sunny weather, the moon with the pear to Linhua Hall to say goodbye, because the hour is still early, then picked up the most winding fork in the road and walked slowly. When they reached the Royal River, they happened to bump into Mo Lan walking by the river, and the two went to the palace of Concubine De together.