After Xuan Fei left, the hall was silent.

After a while, the emperor asked, "What about the concubine?" ”

Wan Dabao replied: "After the mother's meal, I went to paint." ”

The emperor was stunned and smiled: "Also, what else can the concubine do?" The deep palace is lonely, but fortunately she has such a preference. ”

Wan Dabao smiled and didn't answer, served the emperor to get up, put on his robe, and went to the warm pavilion.

Pei Guifei is really painting.

The deep and shallow ink color depicts a beautiful peak, and a mountain road winds up to the high platform of the peak.

Inexplicably, I feel that the height is unbearable.

"Your Majesty." Pei Guifei put down her paintbrush and got up to greet her.

The Emperor smiled, "It seems that I have disturbed you?" ”

Pei Guifei shook her head with a smile: "The concubines have finished painting, just ask them to clean up." ”

The palace people were very knowledgeable, and they quickly packed up the painting tools with their hands and feet, and then retreated in turn.

In the small warm pavilion, only the two imperial concubines remained.

Pei Guifei saw that his face was wrong, and asked softly, "What's wrong with Your Majesty?" Feeling bad? ”

The emperor did not answer, looking at her eyes with tenderness like water, he raised his hand and gently ran her long black hair: "I remember the first time I saw you. Ah Rong, I still feel like a dream, how did I get you? ”

Pei Guifei chuckled: "It's been so many years, why is Your Majesty still like this?" ”

The Emperor continued: "Every time I think about it, I find it incredible. I thought that we couldn't have intersected, but when we met, it was already a gift from God to be able to look at each other, but now it is me who is with you. Sometimes when I think about it, I feel sinful, as if all those tragic things were for the sake of fulfilling us. ”

Pei Guifei listened, her eyes were indescribably gentle, and she was indescribably sad.

The emperor's voice lowered: "Ah Rong, all these years, I always want to ask you a word. ”

"What does Your Majesty want to ask?"

The emperor looked at her: "Have you ever loved me?" ”

Concubine Pei was confused for a moment, and then said sincerely: "The concubine doesn't know if this is love, so she can only ask her heart." has been with His Majesty for more than ten years, and the concubines ...... No regrets. ”

The emperor smiled and took her into his arms: "I don't regret it. ”

……

It was already halfway through the night, and the emperor got out of bed.

He turned his head to look inside the tent, Pei Guifei was sleeping quietly, her long hair was scattered on the pillow, and she was very peaceful.

He fastened his coat and gently pushed the door open.

Outside, a crescent moon sprinkled a thin and gentle light.

"Your Majesty?" Wan Dabao asked in a low voice and surprise.

The emperor waved his hand: "I will sit for a while and ignore it." ”

“…… Be. ”

Seeing that the emperor was in an unusual mood today, Wan Dabao didn't dare to disturb and stood not far away.

The emperor looked up at the crescent moon and remembered his youth.

He never thought that he would be able to sit on the supreme position.

There are three brothers in front of him, and they all come through with his father through thick and thin, why should he fight with them?

When he was young, he was an idle king, playing around every day.

Suddenly, one day, the first three brothers were gone, and he was put on the throne of the prince, and he ascended the throne not long after.

People, when you don't have hope, you don't feel anything. When he sat in this position, he couldn't bear to lose it unconsciously.

At the very least, if he hadn't sat in this position, how could he possibly get her?

But if it's because of this, it's ...... to that kid She must blame herself, right?

That's it, they're so good now, why bother destroying it?

What's more, Xuan Fei's kid is right, his honor and disgrace are all in the king's thoughts, what is there to care about?

With great power in his hands, how can a small prophecy shake it?

It was that Yuyang, knowing that he couldn't be sure of his belonging, but he deliberately ran to say that the kid was the demon star. Didn't he know that if he made a mistake, he would cause great trouble? What gave him courage?

The Emperor narrowed his eyes and whispered, "Shadow Guard." ”

The front hall, which was originally empty, suddenly saw a figure emerge from the corner and bowed down: "Your Majesty." ”

"Go and check, who did Yuyang see before he came to sue me."

"Yes." The shadow flickered and vanished.

The emperor's gaze turned cold, looking at the frosty moonlight.

Speculating on the divine will, he wants to see who has the courage to do this!

……

So Mingwei returned to the back mountain.

The faint candle flame reflected the faces of the two.

"Do you know his eight characters?" Mingwei asked seriously.

The other side also nodded solemnly.

When she asked before, Yang Shu said he didn't know. In fact, when Princess Mingcheng was dying, he knew that he had a difference.

"His eight characters and physiognomy were all changed by his teacher."

Ning Xiu's words made Mingwei sit up straight. She had a hunch that his next words were important.

"It was the twenty-eighth year of Yuankang, just after the Spring Festival, and the first emperor was seriously ill. Master took me to Yunjing and entered the Marquis of Boling's Mansion. At that time, the second master Yang had died, and not long after the second lady gave birth to her posthumous son, she had been lingering on the sickbed. I still remember that Master treated the second lady. ”

"The master talked with the eldest princess for a long time, and then secretly practiced in the dark room. The mole on his eyebrows was ordered by the master, and his current eight characters were also handwritten by his father. ”

Mingwei muttered: "I see......"

"I once asked Master why he wanted to change his face and eight characters."

"Why?"

Ning Xiu shook his head: "Master didn't answer, only said that since he made a move, this causal entanglement is endless." If something goes wrong in the future, I'll have to clean it up when he's gone. ”

He paused for a moment and continued, "Within two months, we left Yunjing, until eight years later, Master went out to travel and lived here for about half a year. When he returns, I will have a nominal little brother. He rarely mentions the little junior brother in front of me, but every time the eldest princess writes a letter, he will hold a pair of eight-figure plates and arrange them over and over again. ”

Ning Xiu remembered that the master was once drunk, and muttered to himself with the pair of eight characters, saying that it was a pity that the secret skills of the master were lost, and this pair of eight characters was never understood.

But he didn't mention this in front of Mingwei, saying that the master didn't understand, wouldn't he have fallen into his own prestige?

"Do you remember that pair of eight characters, sir?"

Ning Xiu nodded: "Remember." To tell you the truth, I've lined up many times in private. It's a pity that I'm far inferior to Master in mysticism, and I haven't figured it out. ”

"Oh? Where do you not understand? ”

Ning Xiu frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about how to answer: "Hmm, this pair of eight characters is very strange, and it often produces different results." Sometimes it's rich, sometimes it's dangerous. Most often, it is a dead end - its owner should have died a long time ago. ”

Ming Wei said softly: "It is very deathly, the first body is separated, the sword is killed, and the death is unexpected." Did your master choose this name? ”

Ning Xiu nodded slowly.

She laughed, "Interesting, I've never seen a figure like this." Come, let me see. ”