The day when the Qionghua bloom in front of Changle Palace was Pei Zhao's birthday, Su Ying stayed up all night, and finally finished the robe, she looked left and right with satisfaction, Duan Niang hurriedly took it over and carefully ironed it with a gold bucket, and urged one after another: "It's still early, it's better for Niangniang to sleep well, the slave and maid look at your eyes are dark." ”

This is a rare thing, and the mother from the front end was the first to pull her out of bed. But it's really uncomfortable not to sleep all night, Su Ying yawned, obediently let Duan Niang break her hair, and just about to lie down, Pei Ming's voice sounded outside: "Queen Mother, Ah Ming brought rose pine nut candy, come out and taste it!" ”

His pair of small short legs ran so fast that Yun Luo didn't have time to stop him, he had already "kicked and stared" and ran in, and when he saw that Su Ying was still lying on the bed, he simply ran over and pulled her up: "Why can't the queen mother get up?" ”

God, where is she still not getting up, she clearly hasn't slept all night, okay? Su Yingqiang cheered up, and very cooperatively twisted a piece of candy and threw it into his mouth and tasted it: "Well, it tastes good." ”

Pei Ming was so proud that he was about to wag his tail: "I did this with my nanny!" ”

For such a young child, the honey tastes so good? Su Ying was very surprised: "Tell me about your mother, how did you do it?" ”

"It's easy!" Pei Ming said confidently: "Nanny said that the most important thing to make this candy is to sprinkle pine nuts, so she finished the rest, and I just sprinkled pine nuts!" ”

Su Ming: "......"

Duan Niang stepped forward and coaxed: "Your Highness, the Queen Mother didn't sleep well last night, Your Highness might as well go out to play for a while, and then go to the Linde Hall with Her Royal Highness to celebrate Your Majesty's birthday, how about it?" ”

Pei Ming asked, "Queen Mother, why didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

Duan Niang was about to answer, but Su Ying preemptively said, "Hungry." ”

Pei Ming showed an expression of "I understand you very well", and sure enough, he obediently let Yunluo take her out, listening to the voice as if she was fighting with Xiaohuangmen. Su Ying lay down exhausted and let out a long sigh of relief.

She hadn't slept a solid sleep for a long time, but fortunately, she brought her a letter at home yesterday, saying that the third brother was all right in Youzhou, and the robe for Pei Zhao was almost ready, so she felt a little relieved.

Although she was tired, she didn't sleep well this time, because Pei Zhao suddenly appeared in her mind, and she could hardly tell whether she was dreaming or if she had actually seen him.

She saw Pei Zhao wearing the robe she sent, the color of brocade gray, the placket and hem were rolling with silver dark lines, and she was looking at her and smiling, that smile was a little familiar and a little unfamiliar, Pei Zhao used to smile at him like this, but she had never seen it recently.

Why? She thought in a daze between half dreaming and half waking up, that day she went outside the city to see off the third brother, and on the second day, Pei Zhao came to see her, but when she saw Ye Jingzhi, her face changed, why did he dislike Ye Jingzhi so much? Or, he is called hating because of love, but in fact, he has a ...... to Ye Jingzhi

Such an idea even felt ridiculous to herself, and drowsiness gradually hit, like a pool of warm spring water. I hope Pei Zhao will like the robe she made, this is Su Yin's last sober thought before falling into a deep sleep.

Because today is the emperor's birthday, at lunchtime in the Jiying Hall in the banquet of hundreds of officials, the banquet is still the same as before, headed by Su Shi, civil and military officials have offered birthday gifts. What Su Shi offered was a strange stone more than one person high, looking from the east, south, west and north directions, all of them were a dragon with different forms, or sleeping, or soaring, which was very rare. The Su family is full of civil officials, after Pei Zhao ascended the throne, all the officials can see his emphasis on military and light literature, this time the Su family folded the only son who was a military attaché, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are secretly speculating, whether the Su family will lose its holy will from now on, and will the century-old foundation decline from now on?

However, all kinds of speculations quickly disappeared, because Pei Zhao was very satisfied after seeing this birthday gift, and even personally poured wine for Su Shi, and rewarded him after drinking, and praised the rest of the four sons of the Su family, and did not seem to be disgusted with the Su family because of Su Chen's incident. Su Shiyin had just recovered from his illness, and his face was still a little bad, so he knelt down with his four sons and kowtowed to Pei Zhao respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." ”

After the feast, Pei Zhao still had to go to Yanhe Hall to approve the folding, Nangong Lie accompanied him all the way, and only when he arrived in the hall did he say hatefully: "Su Shi, that old fox is really pretending, and he is also very ruthless, don't you even want your own son?" If it weren't for His Majesty's kindness, the last general would have finished Su Chen's shaft in Youzhou with a knife, and see if his Su family still had the courage to secretly Chen Cang with King De, intending to rebel! ”

Pei Zhao said lightly: "This is the last chance for the Su family, if they are bent on death, they don't need you to do it." He turned his head and instructed Tong He: "Ye Jingzhi also came to receive the banquet today, it's too late to go to Changle Palace, you go over and see what she's doing." ”

After Tong He was ordered to go out, Nangong Lie hesitated for a moment, but still comforted: "According to the general, Your Majesty doesn't need to worry so much. Ye Jingzhi's kid is just a painter, a sour and rotten literati, where would the Queen Mother look down on him? ”

Pei Zhao silently lowered his head and criticized the fold, and only after closing the last fold in his hand did he whisper: "You don't understand." ”

Nangong Lie would never know that he had never seen Su Jin's smile in front of Ye Jingzhi, and now it was like a thin layer of fog between her and him, and he couldn't see it clearly or touch it. I don't know when Su Jin's gaze at him became so complicated, and he was also cautious in front of him, he used to think that he was not good enough, so he tried his best to make her happy, and wanted her to treat herself as intimately as before, but the better he was to her, the farther away she was from him.

He knew that there was someone living in her heart, and it was because of that person that she became so far away from him. He had thought that as long as she was still around, he could continue to deceive himself. That person can be anyone, but it must not be Ye Jingzhi, Ye Jingzhi is so close to her, how could he not know how torturous it is for his sweetheart to be by his side but not loved? He was reluctant to let her suffer like this, and he didn't want to see the happy and happy appearance of her when she was with Ye Jingzhi.

Approaching the time of the handover of the Imperial Forest Army, Nangong Lie saw that Pei Zhao's face was not good, and he hesitated and did not dare to get up. Tong He came in from outside and said to Pei Zhao: "Your Majesty, Zheng Shanggong told the slave that the Empress Dowager is a little tired and is sleeping peacefully. He knew Pei Zhao's thoughts very well, and continued: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the slave has already asked carefully, and the mother is fine." ”

Pei Zhao nodded, and looked at Nangong Lie expressionlessly: "Look, Ye Jingzhi is not here, she doesn't even have the heart to come out for a walk." ”

Nangong Lie and Tong He knew that although he didn't show it on his face, his mood was already extremely bad, and he almost didn't dare to come out, but after a while, Pei Zhao laughed lightly: "It's past the time of handover, aren't you still leaving?" ”

Nangong Lie hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and was about to go out, but he heard Pei Zhao sigh behind him: "You are more blessed than me." ”

His heart froze, he slowly turned around and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty." ”

After Nangong Lie left, Pei Zhao sat on the throne without saying a word and criticized the folds, the tea in his hand was cold and changed, changed and cold, and he never saw him take a sip, Tong He was about to open his mouth to persuade him, but Yuan Lu walked in quietly and said softly: "Master, there is an adult outside who asks to see Your Majesty, I see that he is not an adult of the previous dynasty, and I don't know whether to report it or not, ask the master to help me get an idea." ”

Tong He asked, "Where is the adult?" ”

Yuan Lu said: "It's the decree of Danqing Pavilion, Lord Ye Jingzhi." ”

Tong He was shocked, and was about to pull Yuan Lu out to speak, but Pei Zhao had already heard the movement, turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Tong He couldn't hide when he saw him asking, so he had to smile and say, "Back to Your Majesty, Lord Ye is asking to see you outside." ”

The pen in Pei Zhao's hand paused: "Let him come in." ”

Ye Jingzhi was wearing court clothes, and when he came in, he was about to kneel down and kowtow, Pei Zhao said, "Get up, what's the matter with you?" ”

Ye Jingzhi took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, the lower officials came today to inform Your Majesty of the many suspicious points about the corruption of the former Imperial Forest Army General Su Chensu. ”

Pei Zhao raised his head and looked at him when he heard this: "You say." ”

Ye Jingzhi said loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, the head of the Imperial Horse Supervisor has some dealings with the Shibo of the lower official, and the lower official learned from him......" Pei Zhao's eyes seemed to be carrying a knife, and the more he said, the more cold he felt, and he finally explained things clearly, but Pei Zhao no longer looked at him, and asked while bowing his head and criticizing the folds: "Finished?" ”

He whispered "yes", and Pei Zhao said, "Let's leave when I'm done." ”

He raised his head in disbelief: "Your Majesty, if this matter is true, then it is very likely that Master Su has been wronged, and the lower officials have the courage to ask Your Majesty to retry this case!" ”

Pei Zhao looked at him with a smile: "Do you think that I tried the wrong case?" ”

"The lower officials don't dare!" Ye Jingzhi's hand trembled slightly, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "Lord Su is a pillar of the imperial court, and the move of the lower official is just a ......."

"You're just a mere Danqing Pavilion edict, when will you have to worry about the affairs of the previous dynasty?" Pei Zhao said with a grim expression: "You are going to such great lengths, are you trying to help Su Chen, or ...... In order to help the Queen Mother's brother? ”

As soon as this sentence came out, it was like falling from a cliff, Ye Jingzhi was full of fear, his legs were weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground, Pei Zhao sneered: "You have worked hard for the Su family, why don't I ask Su Shi for you, their Su family still has a daughter to marry, give you the next will to marry, let you also be a member of the Su family, live and die together, how about it?" ”

Ye Jingzhi's face turned pale, and then he understood that Su Chen's matter turned out to be Pei Zhao's intention, the Su family is a deep-rooted family of gate valves, and it has a great influence in the court, and it is really normal for Pei Zhao to want to make a move against the Su family.

It's just that...... Thinking of those dim eyes that had lost their aura, Ye Jingzhi suddenly had a kind of lonely courage, he had never been as brave as he is now in his life, and there would probably be no chance in the future, but he knew that even if it was death, he would have to say it.

"The Su family is the mother of the Queen Mother, and Your Majesty is nothing more than the Queen Mother to the Queen Mother."