"It's been almost a year since we've sat and drunk like this."

"yes!" Since he became the crown prince, such a leisurely life is really rare.

In the past, when he was not the prince, the two often discussed the piano together, although Xiao Ziqing could not play the piano, but he was also half an expert in specializing in piano skills.

Although this kind of life is good, it is not what he wants, he has been desperately climbing up all these years, in order to one day be able to sit in today's position, so that his mother and himself will not be bullied by others, and now he has indeed got his wish.

"When do you plan to return to the Northern Desert?"

"It depends on the situation, my father is probably still angry, I don't need to go back and touch his brow at this time." Although his father made him the crown prince, he was very suspicious of him, and sent people to test him many times.

"Then you'll have to leave the next few days to me."

"That's natural, since there has been an agreement for a long time, how can I break my word."

When the two separated a year ago, they agreed to meet again in a year, and then they would drink and talk happily, play the piano and paint, just think that they were idle wanderers, and their hearts were unfettered.

Since becoming the crown prince, he has been cautious in everything he does, in order to win over the old party of the prince, he has tried every means to live in calculations every day, and only when he is with Xiao Ziqing can he take off the mask of disguise and let himself relax.

The two of them had already decided to go to Wangxiangtai to admire the works he had painted in the past year, then find a high mountain and flowing place to listen to him play the qin, and finally find an accord to sit down and drink.

Who knew that on the second day, news came from the palace that his father's old illness had recurred, and he was asked to return to the palace immediately, and he had no choice but to say goodbye to Xiao Ziqing.

The two of them stood in the pavilion halfway up the mountainside, the cold wind of early spring blew up the corners of their clothes, and the slightly rippling lake water blurred the black and white figures.

"My father's old illness has recurred, and if I don't go back, I will inevitably be discussed."

Xiao Ziqing laughed out loud and said, "I can't see that you are still a filial son." ”

He has paid a lot for the position of prince.

"Filial piety is not counted, but he is always my mother's beloved, I ......"

"Stop, stop, I'm not interested in the matter between your father and son, if you want to go, let's leave quickly."

Shumo felt a little guilty because he had broken his trust in him, in fact, it was not the first time that his father's illness had suddenly occurred, and he still knew whether the illness was serious or not, but he was afraid that his father wanted him to go back. "Farewell."

After he walked away, Xiao Ziqing shouted at him: "I always thought that you wanted to live a life like me, an idle wanderer." After speaking, he lowered his head, because he knew what it meant to be involuntarily, "That's it, I hope that one day you won't regret stepping on this road." It was as if it were for him, and as if it were for himself.

Shu Mo's body paused when he heard this, but his footsteps did not stop. "Brother Xiao is not me, how can I know what I think in my heart, I hope I can have a drink with you next time we meet."

Xiao Ziqing repeated his words in his heart.

Yes, he's not him, how can he know what he thinks in his heart, and besides, he's no longer the boy he was when he first met, I hope he really won't regret it.

If you regret it, it is also the price you pay for your choice today.

After returning to the palace, Shumo immediately went to his father's bedroom, the eyes of the person on the bed were closed, his face was slightly pale, since the beginning of winter last year, his father's old disease has become more and more frequent, and each time it is more and more serious.

"It's Mo'er back." His eyes were still closed, and his voice sounded faint.

"Son-in-law, see father."

"There are no outsiders here, why should you and I see each other since we are father and son, if there are no others in the future, these etiquettes can be dispensed with."

"Yes."

He beckoned him to come over, and Shumo walked to the side of the bed and stopped, and after pausing for a while, the person on the bed slowly opened his eyes.

Looking at the person in front of him, Su Yuan couldn't help but think, like, too similar, exactly the same as when he was young. "Mo'er should be eighteen years old this year."

"Back to my father, my son's ministers this year... It should be seventeen. ”

"Yes, I'm confused, and I'm wrong."

"It's natural that my father can't remember working all day long for state affairs, so why be confused."

"I still understand me!"

In fact, Su Mo didn't pay much attention to him since he was born, just because he wanted to cultivate the emperor's eldest son, and put all his thoughts on him, but he didn't think that he finally raised a white-eyed wolf, and he wanted to fly as soon as his wings were full.

It was the person in front of him, when he was six years old, he was pulled by his mother to recite poems and songs in front of him, although he was surprised by his talent memory, but he didn't care too much, until he was nine years old in front of the emperor with an arrow and two eagles, and was praised by the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, he was a little impressed with him, and after two years he took the princes to the hunting ground to hunt and saw him capture the tiger with his bare hands, and the ruthlessness in his eyes was the same as him.

At that time, he wondered why he hadn't discovered his difference earlier, because the crown prince at that time had already been cultivated by him to be a qualified heir, and if it was him, he would definitely do better than the crown prince.

And he never expected that the heir to the throne he had cultivated would secretly collude with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and try to rebel when his old illness relapsed, as the saying goes, Jiang is still old and spicy, how can his son be able to fight Lao Tzu.

The prince who failed to force the palace wanted to commit suicide and was stopped by him, although it was a capital crime to rebel, but after all, it was his own son, blood was thicker than water, not to mention, how could he let the hard work he paid on him be ruined overnight.

After Shuyuan abolished his position as the crown prince, he imprisoned him for life, and named Shumo as the prince, and the prince's biological mother was grounded by him in the Qingming Hall to eat fasting and chant Buddha to atone for her rebellious son, and without his permission, he would never be able to step out of the Qingming Palace.

"I heard that Taiwei Yang's youngest daughter is still a year away, and your position as the crown princess of the East Palace has been vacant, why don't I make a decree to give her to you after the next year's concubine, what do you think?"

Yang Taiwei is a highly respected minister in the court, and if he can marry his daughter, he will definitely be like a tiger. "It's all up to my father."

After Shumo returned to the East Palace, it was getting late, and when Yin Jiu'er heard that he was back, he immediately changed his clothes and guarded the gate.

"Your Highness, you're finally back!" When she saw someone coming, she immediately greeted her.

Seeing her dressed like this, Sumo couldn't help frowning, and glanced at her impatiently. "What a dress like this!"

Who knew that after hearing this, she smiled coquettishly and pasted it on him, Su Mo disliked touching others the most in his life, especially women, this Yin Jiu'er is also very bold.

She called out charmingly: "Your Highness! ”

Yin Jiu'er saw that he didn't react, so he got more and more inches, and was trying to put his hand on his chest, but he was suddenly pushed away by his palm.

"You'd better figure out your identity, if you don't want to be the secret guard of this palace, you can disappear right now."

"It's Jiu'er's fault, please atone for your sins." Although she was unwilling, she was helpless, she didn't believe that her highness would not be moved by such a beautiful look, and sooner or later she would definitely become the mistress of this East Palace.

She had been following him since she was fourteen years old, and had killed many people for him in the past five years, and although Sumo was very disgusted by her behavior, she had to admit that she was a good knife and very easy to use.

Yin Jiu'er followed him to the door of the study peacefully, thinking about whether she should follow up, His Royal Highness rarely let people into his study, she didn't want to be slapped for no reason, but she heard the person who had already entered: "Come in." ”

She happily walked in and closed the door, Shumo sat down at the desk, picked up the secret letter on the table and looked at it carefully, it was written that he asked people to investigate Nanyuan's unique favor of the information of the concubine, he wanted to get Fengxin Dan, he could only start from her.

The letter mentioned that Concubine Kite was the daughter of a commoner, as for how she entered the palace, she did not write in detail, and as soon as she entered the palace, she became the object of the emperor's favor.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Yin Jiu'er opened his mouth and asked, "What do you have to say?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the person on the other side handed her the secret letter in her hand, she opened the letter and saw the three words Li Suyuan at a glance, and then looked back and found that it was all about her, including hobbies, and what she usually likes to eat the most, what she doesn't like to eat, as well as the most common actions, and even the walking posture on weekdays.

"From tomorrow onwards, you will begin to study everything mentioned in the letter about this Nanyuan favorite concubine."

"Your Highness, what do you mean by this?" She had a vague bad premonition in her heart.

"Didn't you say you were willing to do anything for Hongu?"

"No matter what His Highness asks Jiu'er to do, Jiu'er is willing, even if he wants Jiu'er's life."

"Your life is not necessary, this palace asked you to learn from her, but I just want you to sneak into the Nanyuan Palace for this palace to find a pill called Feng Xin Dan."

Yin Jiu'er's face turned white all of a sudden, there are thousands of ways to ask her to enter the Nanyuan Palace, and there are thousands of ways to find Fengxin Dan, but His Royal Highness asked her to imitate that Li Suyuan, could it be that His Royal Highness wanted her to seduce the old emperor.

"You can also refuse, this palace can find someone else."

Yes, it's not that Your Highness can't find a woman, why did you choose her, it's all because Your Highness trusts her, isn't it? Her heart for His Highness has been there all these years, but he should not see it. "No, Jiu'er is willing, if Jiu'er finds the Fengxin Pill that His Highness wants this time, can His Highness grant Jiu'er a request."

"Yes."

"Thank you, Your Highness, that Jiu'er retired first."

After she went out, Shumo slowly unfolded a painting on the table, and the person in the painting was exactly what Li Suyuan looked like when she was young.

Yin Jiu'er took the things in her hand and returned to her room in despair, since she couldn't get his heart horizontally and vertically, then she wanted him to owe her a love greater than the sky.

She thought that sacrificing her innocence would make Shumo feel guilty about her, and even if she couldn't be the crown princess in the future, she could stay by his side for the rest of her life, but she didn't know that he was much more ruthless than she imagined, in his world, he was willing to be the head of a man and a saddle, and he had to give up everything, she never thought that His Royal Highness would choose her not because of anything else, but because she was seven points similar to the portrait of Li Suyuan in the painting.

Early in the morning of the second day, someone came to the palace, and Su Mo saw that he was holding a holy decree in his hand, and he couldn't see whether he liked or disliked his face, he just didn't expect his father to draft the decree so quickly.

The eunuch's voice, neither male nor female, sounded loudly.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I heard that Yang Yuying, the daughter of Yang Ming'an, the imperial lieutenant of the dynasty, was dignified, respectful, skillful and generous, gentle and generous, and had outstanding appearance. Now when the prince is suitable for marriage, he should choose a virtuous woman to match. Yang Yuying, who is worthy of the boudoir, and the prince Shumo can be called heaven and earth, and in order to become a beautiful woman, she is specially married to the prince as a concubine. All the etiquette will be jointly handled by the Ministry of Rites and the Qintian Supervisor, and the woman will choose a good day to complete the marriage. The proclamation is at home and abroad, and the salty envoy hears it. Chin this! ”

"Son, thank you father."