In an instant, the sound of silk and bamboo stopped, and the sound of talking at the banquet also stopped, leaving only the sound of panic salvage.

It is really unlucky for someone to fall into the water on such a good day. The emperor asked with a gloomy face, "Concubine Jin, what do you have to say?" ”

Concubine Jin knelt down, she was also taken aback, stabilized her mind and said: "The concubine is guilty, maybe she was in too much of a hurry, so the platform was not set up steadily." ”

"Is that a reason?"

Concubine Jin knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak, this is indeed not a reason, Chinese New Year's Eve someone fell into the water and touched the big mold.

The crown prince glanced at Zhou Shuxuan, stood up and pretended to speak for Concubine Jin, "Father, don't blame Concubine Jin, this is Concubine Liang's favorite place before her death." Maybe she didn't like us disturbing her peace, so she used this to express her dissatisfaction. ”

Zhou Shuxuan clenched his fists tightly and held back.

The emperor listened to these words harshly today, and the prince specially mentioned the son to make him unhappy during the New Year's holiday, just to compete with Zhou Shuxuan for favor. Zhou Shuxuandu looked like that, and the prince didn't let him go, looking too much like a villain.

No matter how bad the prince is, the emperor will definitely hand over the country to the prince, but he also hopes that the prince can be more competitive. Don't ask him to do anything, at least keep the country well, and hand it over to the next generation.

The emperor reprimanded the prince with a straight face, "Zi Bu is strange and confused, have you read all your books in the dog's stomach?" ”

was reprimanded in front of everyone in the palace, and the prince's face was very unsightly. Being scolded is also secondary, and the emperor is clearly defending Zhou Shuxuan.

The prince gritted his teeth and stood up and bowed down and said, "Erchen knows his mistake, and Erchen will definitely read the book of sages in the future." ”

Zhou Shuxuan clenched his fist and slowly loosened it, this was the last and rare protection given by the emperor. If the emperor has always been like this before, then even if he wants to be assigned by the emperor now, he may feel better. Or the emperor doesn't give him any kindness, let him go with pure hatred, and he will feel better in his heart. It's a pity that now...... Don't talk about it.

The dancing girl over there fished it up, it was too cold, and what she picked up was already a fresh corpse.

Afraid of disturbing the emperor's interest, the people below didn't dare to report the truth, but just said that the person had been fished up, and did not say whether he was dead or alive.

After that, the sound of silk and bamboo started again, but the atmosphere could not return to the past.

After all, something bad still happened, Concubine Jin and the crown prince were reprimanded, and Zhou Shuxuan didn't want to speak, so there were not even a few people who toasted after eating a meal. Either you don't qualify, or you don't have interest. Only the tenth prince stood up and said some beautiful words at a young age, and coaxed the emperor to drink a glass of wine.

In the sound of silk and bamboo, the people of the palace finished the meal without much interest. The emperor was also very depressed in his heart, and he couldn't eat it after a few bites of food. I was already full, and I was too old to stand the cold wind of winter. I told everyone to feel free, eat as much as you want, and if you don't want to eat, you can retire by yourself. After that, the emperor drove back to the palace.

The emperor is gone, and the others are still doing whatever they want, and they are all leaving one after another.

Zhou Shuxuan didn't want to attend any banquet, so he ate two bites and prepared to go back.

Others are fine, he has to be like a prince alone.

Zhou Shuxuan said to the crown prince: "Your Highness, my brother is unwell and has also retired. ”

The prince was trained just now, and now he is angry. grabbed Zhou Shuxuan's hand, "Third child, didn't you just say that you want to have a few more drinks with Gu?" I want to go now, but there is no door. ”

Zhou Shuxuan pushed his hand away, and the contact with the prince made him very uncomfortable, "Your Royal Highness's brother is unwell, and he can't eat this cold wine, so I ask Your Highness to forgive me." ”

"If you can't eat cold wine, let people go and give you heat, and you will have the most things." The prince waved his hand and beckoned a little eunuch, "Go and heat a big jar of wine for King Qin." ”

A little eunuch went. A big jar of wine, Zhou Shuxuan said that the prince was willing to let him die here today.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid there will be no courtiers under a big jar. The life of the younger brother is small, and the ominous omen of the New Year is big, Your Highness thinks twice. ”

The prince waved his hand and said, "How can you be so squeamish." Besides, is Lone that kind of person? We are brothers, how can Lone harm you. You are now your father's baby pimple, and Lone will not dare to harm you. If you're happy today, you can accompany your brother to have a few more drinks. You are busy on weekdays, and we brothers don't get together more than a few times a year, so today is a good opportunity that we can't waste. ”

In the final analysis, there is only one purpose for this long set of words, to drag him and not let him go. Zhou Shuxuan didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the prince's gourd, so he coughed lightly.

Miaoli willingly stood up and said: "It's time for the prince to drink the medicine, and if you don't drink the medicine on time, the doctor will talk about the prince again." Then he deliberately said to the prince: "Your Highness, the prince should really drink medicine." His Royal Highness pulled the prince and didn't let him go back at this time, did he want to make the prince's condition more serious? ”

"What nonsense? There are no rules! Zhou Shuxuan pretended to reprimand and apologized to the prince, "I'm really sorry, it's the younger brother who didn't discipline him well." ”

Zhou Shuxuan is famous for disciplining his subordinates, and the prince doesn't know that the two of them are making a show. Others are just fine, dare to talk to him like this and directly pull him out and kill him, but Miaoli, he can't do it with that face alone. When Zhou Shuxuan died, he must get Miaoli in his hands.

"Out of the way." The prince said very generously, and glanced at the table again, there are not many people now, and when they are gone, he can do it.

The prince is also a fool, and he doesn't want to think about how it is possible for him and Zhou Shuxuan to be gone. There are inevitably people who want to talk to the two of them, even if they are accompanied by someone until dawn.

"Then don't drink and talk. I see that you are dressed quite thickly, and you are wrapped more tightly than a child in swaddling clothes. Chatting shouldn't be a big deal. ”

Before Zhou Shuxuan could speak, Miao Li took the lead and said, "Didn't Your Highness hear clearly just now?" The prince must be leaving the table now. She was sure that the prince would not attack her, and there would be no limit to tolerance.

Zhou Shuxuan smiled and didn't speak, and said that he would send her more New Year's money when he went back.

"You are presumptuous!" The prince slapped the table. pointed at Miaoli and said, wait to see her face clearly. This familiar face, except for some more feminine faces, is almost identical to the facial features. The prince's tone softened a lot, "Lone is talking to your master, where is your turn to interject?" ”

Zhou Shuxuan still smiled and did not speak, and did not express his opinions and thoughts.

Miao Li guessed what the prince was thinking in his heart, and he must be holding back some bad water if he kept people so abnormally. Although I don't know what it is, it's definitely the key Zhou Shuxuan.

So, Miao Li said boldly: "The slave doesn't know what His Highness is thinking, but the slave has something to say, whether His Highness listens or not, it's the big car to pull the king, it's you." Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, if something happens to Wang Ye, His Royal Highness will definitely not be able to get out of it, there may be no evidence of previous events, but tonight countless pairs of eyes are up, His Highness still has to act carefully. ”

"You! You bastard! How can you talk like that to Lone, Lone...... "The prince was so angry that he wanted to punish Miaoli, but he couldn't think of a suitable way to punish him, so he couldn't speak for a long time.......

Zhou Shuxuan took the opportunity to say: "Please forgive your Highness, my brother will take this unruly girl away first." Please rest assured, Your Highness, when the younger brother goes back, she will let Mama slap her mouth. ”

The prince was so angry that he couldn't speak, and Zhou Shuxuan agreed with him and left with Miaoli.

After the two left, the prince slammed the table hard, a girl with sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, how dare he say it. dared to scold him for being the eighth king, he really ate the bear's heart and leopard gall. Zhou Shuxuan is the eighth king of the Eight Classics, and he didn't even look at his own princess, and stole people behind his back.

But the last time he dared to scold him like this was Meng Qing, and he couldn't help but think of Meng Qing in the face of such a person.

The prince was irritable and raised his hand to eat the wine in his hand. Zhou Shuxuan is also gone, and his plans for tonight are completely disrupted. That's it, there's no rush on this day. It's just that Zhou Shuxuan couldn't let him die on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The crown princess had already accompanied Concubine Jin away, and the prince drank half a pot of wine alone. With a hint of drunkenness, he staggered to his feet and prepared to leave the table.

As soon as the prince left, all the people who should have left were gone, and there was nothing left. For a while, a good night banquet in the palace ended piecemeal, and the year was very boring.

The father-in-law who was in charge came up to instruct the eunuch and the palace maid to clean up, and it was not too early, so they all quickly packed up and went to drink a cup of hot wine, so the movements of his subordinates were extremely fast, and they were almost cleaned up in less than a moment.

On the way back to Qingquan Palace, Zhou Shuxuan suddenly remembered that before he went out, he told Mama Xi to take the people of Qingquan Palace to have a good New Year. If he goes back now, it will probably disturb their interest.

So he said to Miaoli behind him: "We are not in a hurry to go back, let's go outside first." ”

What is there to go about in the middle of the night, Miao Li just wanted to persuade him and heard him say, "Don't persuade me. ”

Okay, Miao Li swallowed back the words that had already come to her mouth, and said in a different way: "It's so late, it's so cold, and the people in the palace are nesting in their own rooms to keep the New Year, where does the prince want to go?" ”

Zhou Shuxuan automatically filtered the nonsense in front of her, and only heard her last question. yes, where could he go at this late hour? There were black lights everywhere, and he really didn't have any suitable place to go except for a eunuch with a lantern, and she was the only one who held the lamp.

Suddenly I thought that Xi Mama said in the afternoon that every year there would be a flowing spring to worship his mother. It was so unpleasant just now, and his mother must not have been able to accept the confession with peace of mind, so it is a good idea to make up for it now.

"Return to the Fountain of Light."

Miao Li was surprised, didn't she just come from there? What are you going to do when you go back. said: "Lord, what if I go back and meet the prince?" ”

"No, he won't stay long once I'm gone." The distance from Streamer Spring to Qingquan Palace is very far, and now it is almost to Qingquan Palace, and the prince has left early.

Zhou Shuxuan was right, the prince did leave early, and he really left, and he didn't even call a step.

The prince was in a daze after a few sips of wine, but he woke up more than half of the wine as soon as the cool breeze patted the wine. His head cleared up for a moment, and he suddenly thought of the killing field he had set up in Qingquan Palace, and he had made some preparations to kill Zhou Shuxuan. Now the night is not visible, and tomorrow the day will be hanging as soon as it dawns. The prince said that it was not good, so he hurried back.

Zhou Shuxuan could think that the prince had left, but he never thought that the prince would go and return. It's like the prince thought that there was no chance today, but he didn't expect that there would be a big opportunity today.

When Zhou Shuxuan and his party returned to Qingquan Palace, the palace people had already cleaned up. Except that the shed has not been demolished, it is impossible to see that a banquet was held here just now.

It's okay to be quiet, he won't be disturbed.

The emperor had just reprimanded the prince for the theory of ghosts and gods, and now he hoped that there were really ghosts in this world, so that his mother could come back to see him.

Her son is already an adult, and now he is as helpless as she was then. I watched a lot of things happen, but there was nothing I could do to stop them.

In this situation, he suddenly felt a little happy for Concubine Liang, maybe her death was a relief. If she is still alive and is scolded by the emperor every day, I am afraid that life will be worse than death.

Zhou Shuxuan instructed Miaoli behind him, "You go find something to worship." ”

As soon as he said that, Miao Li knew what he was doing here. But she began to have trouble again, where to find something to worship in the dark light.

Under the not very bright light, Zhou Shuxuan looked extremely lonely. Miao Li really couldn't bear it in his heart, he must have missed Concubine Liang very much at this time, just like she missed the people of the Meng family very much. "The slave tried her best, but she wasn't sure if she could find it." He also said to the eunuch who held the lamp, "Take good care of the prince." ”

The relationship between the people in the palace is complicated, and they think that the people in their palace may be the eyes of others.

Not long after Miao Li left, a black shadow with a faint smell of wine came behind Zhou Shuxuan.